1 GIAD VMF

[PG monster]

many new profile-ready planes of different types, inc. rainbow-tailed La-7
http://ava.org.ru/iap/4gm.htm
http://ava.org.ru/iap/3gm.htm
http://ava.org.ru/iap/10gm.htm

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi,
very nice pages.
Plane 33 of Golubev is a La-5FN, not a La-7; the white areas on the tail of these types were different as visible on the photos after this. I think that the serial should confirm this.
The La-7 of Golubev at that date was not numbered 33, as visible on one photo. There is a chance that it was plane 70 visible aside the La-5FN and the Li-2, and that this photo was taken during the ceremony of the first delivers of La-7 to this unit.

[PG monster]

Yes №33 maybe not a plane of Golubev, but most likely it's the La7, because this is the same photosession with 3 previous photos at the pahe with the La7s. The date should be november 1944, because Tatarenko is here (served in the regiment during 2 months from november 1944) and the La7s delivered in november 1944 too. So the noses and the tiles aren't white yet.
But why rainbow& - I don't know...

[warhawk]

But why rainbow& - I don't know...

To me it looks like a white vertical stabilizer with two red stripes, just heavily faded.