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Originally Posted by HGabor
Hi Flavio,
I do not know February, but 178 GvIAP ace Kirill A. Yevstigneev claimed a Ju 52 victory on January 16, 1945 just north of Budapest. He took off this time from Alag airfield, near Dunakeszi, also north of Pest. (-Pest is the eastern part of Budapest, on the Eastern shore of the Danube river) Alag is a small village just north of Budapest on the eastern shore of the river. He flew his famous white '14' ...KONEBA... La-5FN plane with red nose this time. Cheers,
Gabor
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Dear Gabor and Jörg,
thanks for your reply.
Gabor, I am collecting informations about Yevstigneyev personal planes; very interesting sources about them are; "Avions" magazine July 2003 and the recent published books about his memoirs and Kozhedub one. In these sources there are several photos about La-5FN"white 14" with red nose, but pay attentions this plane is not the famous and original "white 14" (a F model) flown by Kozhedub also. Probably the original "14" had at that time the red nose also, but I never saw photos to confirm it.
regards
Flavio