(Lavochkin) La-5F
A rugged and versatile Soviet fighter. A formidable opponent to all of its contemporaries at low altitudes. A modification of the La-5 variant, produced in 1943 and 1944, with 4147 machines built in total. Read More
(The planes below are not arranged in any particular order. To find out more about each airplane, please click on them)
Kozhedub’s white-14
Kozhedub’s White-14
240 IAP, of the 3-rd GIAK, May-June 1944 , Yassi , Romania.
Flown by the (future) greatest Allied fighter Ace of WW2, three times Hero Of the Soviet Union, General Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub
Evstigneev’s White-78
Evstigneev’s White-78
178-th GIAP of the 14-th IAD, 3-rd IAK, 5-th Air Army, 2-nd Ukrainian Front, circa March 1945, circa Budapest, Hungary
Flown by the two-times Hero Of the Soviet Union (number 5 top-scoring Allied fighter Ace), deputy commander of 178-th GIAP, Guards major, Kirill Alekseevich Evstigneev
“Mongolskiy Arat” White-11
White-11
2-nd Fighter Squadron, 2-nd GIAP, (MONGOLSKIY ARAT regiment), 322 IAD, Eastern Front, circa late 1943. Flown by an unknown pilot.
(Tokarev’s?) WHITE-19
(TOKAREV’S?) WHITE-19
40-th GIAP, 8-th GIAD, 5-th IAK, 2-nd Air Army, Voronezhskiy/1-st Ukrainian Front. Summer 1943,
Thought to have been flown by the Commander of the 40-th GIAP, a Hero of the Soviet Union, Moisey Stepanovich Tokarev
Kuznetsov’s “Eagle” White-14
White-14 ‘Eagle’
760-th IAP, 324-th IAD, 7-th Air Army, Karelian Front, 1944. Flown by the Hero of the Soviet Union, major Nikolay Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov
Galchenko’s “Black Cat”
Galchekno’s ‘Black Cat’ La-5F
324-th IAD, 7-th Air Army, Karelian Front, 1944-1945
Flown by the deputy commander of 324-th IAD, a Hero of the Soviet Union, lieutenant colonel Leonid Akimovich Galchenko.
“Veseliye Rebyata” white-12
White-12
1-st Fighter Squadron (The Singing Squadron), 5-th GIAP, (Berlinskiy regiment), 1943-1945. Flown by various pilots of the 5-th GIAP, including I.S.Glazkov
“Veseliye Rebyata” white-14
White-14
2-nd Fighter Squadron, 2-nd GIAP, (MONGOLSKIY ARAT regiment), 322 IAD, Eastern Front, circa late 1943. Flown by an unknown pilot.
Belyasnik’s White-40
126 IAP, 320 IAD, 6 IAK PVO, 1 Air Fighter Army PVO, Moskow Front PVO, Circa late Summer/early Autumn 1943.
Flown by the Hero Of the Soviet Union, Petr Nikiforovich Belyasnik
Haustov’s White-20
HAUSTOV’S WHITE-20
21-st (Vitebskiy)IAP , 259-th IAD, 3-rd Air Army, 1-st Prebaltic Front, probably circa. March-April 1944.
Flown by the commander of a squadron, captain Ivan Ivanovich Haustov. (An Ace with 22 victories, 10 personal and 12 shared)[1]
Sytov’s White-18
Sytov’s White-18
5-th GIAP , 207-th IAD/11-th GIAD, 3-rd SAK/1-st GSAK RSVGK, South-West Front/3-rd Ukrainian Front, circa south-west of Voroshylovograd ( Modern day Lugansk), Ukraine, late summer/early autumn 1943,
Flown by a commander of a 3rd squadron, deputy commander and a navigator of the 5-th GIAP, Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Senior Lieutenant Ivan Nikitovich Sytov. (An Ace with 23-28 victories, 19-25 personal and 4-3 shared)
Shkurenko’s White-06
SHKURENKO’S WHITE-06
LAVOCHKIN, LA-5F (TYPE 39)
137th GIAP, 3rd GIAD, 1st GIAK, 3rd Air Army, 1st Baltic Front, mid August 1944.
Flown by deputy squadron commander, Guards-captain Vladimir Mikhailovich Shkurenko. (Ace with 6-10 personal and 9-17 shared victories)
Possibly flown by other pilots also.
Munkuev’s Gift
Munkuev’s gift.
911th IAP, 29th IAD, 10th Air Army, Far East Front, Khabarovsk, Russia’s Far East, May 1944.
Flown by unknown pilot(s)