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Update of June 2, 2019: La-5 Silver 61 of Eskadrilya VCh and La-5 White 15 of 193 IAP were added
Update of 26 May 2019: La-5 18 Za Galchenko of Eskadrilya VCh and La-5 Wide 42 of Eskadrilya VCh were added; some updates were made on the "Eskadrilya Valeriy Chkalov" page
Update of 15 May 2019: La-5 Red 18 and Silver 10 of 159 IAP was added
Update of 12 May 2019: La-5 white 15 with Skarkmouth of G. Kostylev was added
Update of 7 May 2019: La-5 white 91of 3 GvIAP KBF was added
Update of 17 April 2019: La-5 blue 14 with black pierced heart was added
Update of 12 April 2019: a page on Grey La-5 white 26 was added
Update of 15 March 2019: a page on La-5 n.57 of 164 IAP and Early La-5s of 240 IAP "Baumancy" geroju Lukjanovu were added.
LaGG-3s and La-5s paid by collective farm workers
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La-5 of Cooperativa,
1:72 Uploaded on November 2, 2010 |
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The State authority of audio/video material archive of Nizhniy Novgorod
region (ex Gorky)
Red Stars by Geust, Keskinen, Stenman;
Lavockin's Piston-engined fighters by Yefim Gordon
La5/7 fighters in action, by Hans-Heiri Stapfer, Squadron/Signal
Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, of Yefim Gordon and Dmitri
Khazanov
Soviet Air Force Fighter Colors 1941-1945 by Erik Pilawskii
Scale Aircraft Modelling January 2004
Soviet Fighters of Great Patriotic War: MiG-3, LaGG-3, La-5 by
V. Voronin and P. Kolesnikov
http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Markings/Chkalov/index.php,
a research on "Eskadrilya Valeriy Chkalov" aircrafts;
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/
great site including model galleries, reviews and, in particular, a large
walkaround gallery with something on La-5 relic;
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/reference/russian.htm
about the colors found on pieces conserved in Finland.
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Audrius Nairanauskas for many information, help and scans;
Aleksey Zaicev-Valiayev for some pictures never published before;
Alexander Ruchkovsky for many information and scans;
Jouni Ronkko for his help;
Fabrizio Di Santo for his collection of scans;
Giovanni Carlassare for having sent to me some photostats;
Paul Flint for some suggestions;
Robert N. Abbott Jr for his photos of La-5 wreck;
Aleksej Ilic for his help
Matthias Erben for his help
Milos Vestsik for his help
Michael Neradkov (Michael XIII) for a review.
Special thanks to the State authority of audio/video material archive of
Nizhniy Novgorod region where many original pictures are stored.