(LAVOCHKIN) LA-5
A rugged and versatile Soviet fighter. A formidable opponent to all of its contemporaries at low altitudes. Produced in 1942 with 1021 airplanes built in total. Read More
(The planes below are not arranged in any particular order. To find out about each airplane, please click on them)
Patoka’s White-23 “Baumantsy”
‘Baumantsy’ flight, Patoka’s White-23
240-th IAP, 8-th Air Army, Stalingrad Front, August 1942
Flown by the commander of a flight of 240-th IAP, Junior Lieutenant Petr Petrovich Patoka.
Red?-14, “Stricken heart”
Red-14, Stricken Heart
19th Red Bannered IAP, 269th IAD, 2nd Air Army, Voronezh Front, circa Yelets, Russia, circa Jan-March 1943
Frown by an unknown pilot.
Devyatkin’s White-18 “Za Gal’chenko!”
Devyatkin’s White-18, ‘Za Galchenko’.
21-st IAP, 3-rd Air Army, Kalininskiy Front, circa late June/July 1943
Flown by the commander of a flight of 21-st IAP, leutenant Nikolay Dmitrievich Devyatkin.
Borisov’s White-86
Borisov’s White-86
21-st IAP, 3-rd Air Army, Kalininskiy Front, circa September 1943
Flown by the commander of the 2-nd squadron, captain Ivan Timofeevich Borisov. Ace with 8-21 air victories (depending on the source
Kostylev’s “Dragon head” White-15
Kostylev’s ‘DRAGON HEAD’ White-15
4-th GIAP, Baltic Fleet (KBF). circa late 1943-1945 at the ‘Defence of Leningrad’ exhibition.
Flown by Guards major, Georgiy Dmitrievich Kostylev
(Scarlet?)-52
(Scarlet?)-52
193-th IAP, 302-nd IAD, 4-th IAK, Rezerv Stavki VKG, circa February 1943, (Possibly) airfield of the 2-nd ZIAP MVO in Seyma, Gorkiy (Today’s Nizhniy Novgorod) region.
Flown by an unknown pilot.
(Savitskiy’s?) White-60
(Savitskiy’s?) White-60 ‘Eskadrilya Valeriy Chkalov’
3-rd IAK, (Possibly) April-May 1943, Kuban
(Possibly) Flown by the commander of the 3-rd IAK, General-major Yevgfeniy Yakovlevich Savitskiy
Karabanov’s White-70 “Russian Tiger”
Karabanov’s White-70
522-nd IAP, 215-th IAD, 2-nd IAK, 14-th Air Army, Volhovskiy Front, February 1943,
Flown by the commander of a squadron, captain Mikhail Nikolaevich Karabanov
Gorovets’s White-73
Gorovets’s White-73 ‘Eskadril’ya Valeriy Chkalov’
88th GIAP, 8th GIAD, 5th IAK, 2nd Air Army, Voronezh Front. July 5-6th 1943, Belgorod region.
Flown by the deputy commander of the 1st squadron, Guards senior lieutenant, Aleksandr Konstantinovich Gorovets.
Meroño’s 88, “Eskadril’ya Aleksandra Chekalina”
Meroño’s 88, “Eskadril’ya Aleksandra Chekalina”.
960-th IAP PVO, “Eskadril’ya Aleksandra Chekalina”, 125-th IAD PVO, Tulskiy district PVO, circa February 1943,
Flown by Captain Francisco Meroño Pellicer
Serov’s White-66 “Eskadril’ya Valeriy Chkalov”
Serov’s White-66 ‘Eskadrilya Valeriy Chkalov’
159th IAP, 275th IAP, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front, Summer 1943
Flown by the deputy squadron commander, (future) Hero of the Soviet Union, lieutenant Vladimir Georgievich Serov
Senin’s White-52, “Za Supruna!”
Senin’s WHITE-52, ‘ZA SUPRUNA!’
263-rd IAP, 215-th IAD, 2-th IAK, 14-th Air Army, Volhovskiy Front, circa February 1943.
Flown by junior lieutenant Daniil Ilyich Senin.