Looking for info on "Mongolian Warrior" White 52

[Imowface]

It was flown by Nikolai Pushkin in September 1943 with 2 GIAP and thats all I have been able to find on it so far, if you guys can help me find more info on it that would be awesome, and then If anyone on the Skin team is up to the task this La-5FN is a little different then the ones we have with a yellow band around its nose instead of a red one

[lyric1]

This is all I have.





Plane in the background I believe is the one you are looking for.

[Imowface]

hey thanks lyric, is that enough evidence to make a skin out of?

[lyric1]

hey thanks lyric, is that enough evidence to make a skin out of?

I think so? I can't skin though

[Imowface]

well now that we know she existed, anyone willing to do this interesting La-5FN skin, would be greatly appriciated 

[oboe]

Any idea what the inscription inside the white diamond on the cowl says?

[Imowface]

I have wondered the same thing for a long time, I have never seen one close up and the computer will not go into high enough resolution for me to zoom in and read it but I think all it was, was an indicator that the plane was equiped with the Ash-82FN engine I will look into it some more tho

[lyric1]

Any idea what the inscription inside the white diamond on the cowl says?

I have that info at home.

[crowbaby]

Apparently it's the FN logo, doesn't appear on normal La-5 aircraft, so in a way it is an engine badge.

"La-5 in Action" draws it up like this:

[oboe]

Nice, thanks for tracking that info down.   Think I'd like to gve this skin a try.   Which is correct - the red spinner or the gray?   

I'm curious too, in the B&W photo of the pilot, aircraft #52 is in the background - but I thought #52 was his aircraft?

[crowbaby]

There were two of them at least. looks like the guy in the lower photo is Maiorov, while 52 is attributed to Pushkin.

Good luck on figuring out that spinner colour:

[Imowface]

Apparently it's the FN logo, doesn't appear on normal La-5 aircraft, so in a way it is an engine badge.

"La-5 in Action" draws it up like this:
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thanks for the close up, yeah that is an FN engine badge for sure
H= "N"  Ф= "F"

[lyric1]

Nice, thanks for tracking that info down.   Think I'd like to gve this skin a try.   Which is correct - the red spinner or the gray?   

I'm curious too, in the B&W photo of the pilot, aircraft #52 is in the background - but I thought #52 was his aircraft?

If you look at the aircraft in the picture on the far left & back the cowling & spinner both appear to be the same colour & light? Yellow maybe?

[crowbaby]

If you look at the aircraft in the picture on the far left & back the cowling & spinner both appear to be the same colour & light? Yellow maybe?

slightly different print of the same pic, with a better view of 52. I don't know enough about VVS colours to say (don't even know why i have these pics). It's certainly not the same as the red in the star, but it could maybe be an orange-y shade like on the second profile posted? My guess though is that both cowling and spinner are the same yellow.

[lyric1]

slightly different print of the same pic, with a better view of 52. I don't know enough about VVS colours to say (don't even know why i have these pics). It's certainly not the same as the red in the star, but it could maybe be an orange-y shade like on the second profile posted? My guess though is that both cowling and spinner are the same yellow.
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Nice find.