My understanding is that the partial fuselage in the Fighter Factory in Virginia (the walkaround posted in my previous message) is the
only original relic of a La-5/La-5F/La-5FN anywhere in the world, either whole or in pieces. I'm certainly curious to know how this last La-5 fragment ended up in
Virginia, by the way!
There does exist a somewhat crude La-5 replica on display in Victory Park in Moscow, but this is
not a genuine La-5:
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1114674/By the way, I found the original source of the extra image I posted yesterday:
http://www.mga.ru/Lavochkin_LA-5.htmlGiven the number of La-7 walkarounds on the Internet and the general enthusiasm for the La-5 variants among VVS fans, if a
real La-5 or La-5FN had been preserved in Russia or the Czech Republic, I'm sure we'd know about it!
(And if the topic of cowling shape is up for discussion again, I vigorously
deny that
any of them were "onion-shaped"!)
John