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Offline Greebo

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Evstigneev's La-5FN
« on: May 30, 2023, 10:23:26 AM »
This skin is a request from Devil505, who also supplied the photo for it.

This is the La-5FN of Kirill Alekseevich Evstigneev of the 178th Guards Fighter Regiment, based in Hungary in early 1945. He was one of the Soviet Union's top aces with 52 outright and 3 shared kills. Two other top Soviet aces, Kozhedub and Pokryshkin, rated him as the most effective fighter pilot in the VVS. His aircraft carried the Guards symbol below the cockpit and an inscription which translates as:- ‘From the collective farmer Konev Vasiliy Viktorovich’.




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Re: Evstigneev's La-5FN
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2023, 10:27:25 AM »
Thanks Greebo. Fantastic job.
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Re: Evstigneev's La-5FN
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2023, 11:25:02 AM »
 :aok

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Re: Evstigneev's La-5FN
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2023, 12:11:45 PM »
That's awesome.
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Re: Evstigneev's La-5FN
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2023, 09:56:48 PM »
This skin is a request from Devil505, who also supplied the photo for it.



There is more than one photo.

http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/abc/e/evstignv.htm

http://airaces.narod.ru/all1/evstign.htm


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Re: Evstigneev's La-5FN
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2023, 07:46:49 AM »
Awesome job Greebo. :aok
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Re: Evstigneev's La-5FN
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2023, 09:14:17 AM »
There is more than one photo.

Thanks for that, I'll add it to the references.