Does anyone know if there are and remaining LA-5s, La5f's or LA-5FNs left?

[Sten]

I was searching the internet to see if there were any LA-5s left and couldn't find anything other than a wreck at some museum on Wikipedia. Does anyone know if any still exist?

 

[Snautzer01]

I was searching the internet to see if there were any LA-5s left and couldn't find anything other than a wreck at some museum on Wikipedia. Does anyone know if any still exist?

Aviation Photo #0262173: Lavochkin La-5 - Russia - Air Force

 

[Sten]

Aviation Photo #0262173: Lavochkin La-5 - Russia - Air Force

so is this the only one left, or is it even real?

 

[Denniss]

Lavochkin La-5 - Wikipedia
Lavochkin La-7 - Wikipedia

 

[GrauGeist]

Only two La-7s remain: one in Moskow and one in Prague.

Only a wreck of the La-5 exists and the museum in Moscow has a reproduction of the La-5 (white 15), otherwise, no.

 

[Sten]

Damn, thats so sad

 

[GrauGeist]

Damn, thats so sad

It is unfortunate, but at the time, people were occupied with rebuilding and were more interested in reclaiming vast amounts of scrap that the war machines offered.

So many types disappeared completely, with only stories and photos to mark their legacy.

 

[Sten]

Does anyone have a picture of the wreck?

 

[GrauGeist]

Does anyone have a picture of the wreck?

I don't think I've ever seen any photos of the wrecked La-5, but the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach has it in storage.
Not sure if they're going to restore it or put it on display as is.

 

[Denniss]

one has to remember that LaGG and La-5 used many wooden parts and those were not designed to be used for many years. Although more and more metal parts were used over the production years there was still something present to rot away

 

[Massimo Tessitori]

A wreck of La-5 can be seen here:
Lavochkin La-5 Reference photos by Robert N. Abbott Jr.

 

[woodhaven]

Preserved wings of La-5 in the museum of the Moscow Aviation Institute

 

[nuuumannn]

so is this the only one left, or is it even real?

Sadly it's not real, it is located at the huge Victory Park Museum complex in Moscow's western suburbs.

There's this La-7 at Monino, but it's not Kozhedub's aircraft, despite the colour scheme. Monino once had a habit of misrepresenting its aircraft to resemble the most significant example of a type.

Lavochkin La-7 002

 

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