Ah you LaGG, my lightened LaGG, why don't you wish to fly? Over the wild Black Sea water your cockpit you made me leave. song created by pilots of one of the first units to receive LaGG-3s

LaGG-3s with skis part 1: historical photos and profiles part 2: details of the skis Uploaded on January 10, 2007
Captured and wrecked LaGG-3s Uploaded on June 2, 2007 Profile of 60-460, white 69, banded 21 uploaded on March 25, 2008 Other profiles were revised on the same date.
LaGG-3 of LTD,1/48 built by Basil  Uploaded on September 5, 2006
LaGG-3 of Roden, 1/72 built by Paul Berestesky  uploaded on August 10, 2006
LaGG-3 of Toko, 1/72 all versions are allowed  first uploaded on June 2004
LaGG-3/La-5 cockpit images a collection of images from many sources  uploaded on February 20, 2005
LaGG-3/La-5 structure images a collection of images from many sources  updated on October 25, 2005
Galchenko's LaGG-3 series 3  updated on February 20, 2005
Mironov's LaGG-3 series 11  first uploaded on June 2004
LaGG-3 captured by Japaneses series 8  first uploaded on May 2004
Winter red 46: white or silver? series 3  first uploaded on June 25, 2004
From 29.... .................. ...to LG-1 a captured example in Finnish service Updated on August 30, 2004
From white 57.... .................. ...to LG-3 another captured example in Finnish service Uploaded on November 25, 2004
Strange numbers LaGG-3s of 44 IAP Updated on August 30, 2004 adding no.20 and 44 and modifying red 35
White distemper LaGG-3s of 3rd Gv.IAP of Red Banner Baltic Fleet  during winter 1942/43 Uploaded on September 23, 2004
"Eskadrilya Valeriy Chkalov"     LaGG-3s and La-5s paid by collective farm workers of the Gorky area Updated on November 15, 2005
Gunships LaGG-3s with Sh-37 and NS-37 37 mm guns Uploaded on December 20, 2005

 
 

Sources:

Red Stars by Geust, Keskinen, Stenman;
Lavockin's Piston-engined fighters by Yefim Gordon
LaGG-3 in action, by Hans-Heiri Stapfer, Squadron/Signal
Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, of Yefim Gordon and Dmitri Khazanov
Soviet Air Force Fighter Colors 1941-1945 by Erik Pilawskii
Scale Aircraft Modelling January 2004
Soviet Fighters of Great Patriotic War: MiG-3, LaGG-3, La-5  by V. Voronin and P. Kolesnikov
Soviet Aces of WWII - Osprey - Aircraft Of  The Aces n°15
LaGG and Lavochkin  Aces of World War 2 -Osprey - Aircraft of the Aces n°56
Fighter Lagg of series "Aviakolekciya"
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/portland/971/reference/russian.htm of Kari Lumppio about the colors found on pieces conserved in Finland
http://www.amyat.narod.ru/foto/aviaconstruction/index.htm a site that reproduces a lot of drawings from a Russian book of Technical description of aircraft's construction
http://www.airwarfareforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=24895 a page of a forum with good structural images
http://www.airwarfareforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=10933#10933 one of some pages of a forum with an interesting discussion about the colors of LaGG-3.
http://www.airforce.ru/history/savasleika/index.htm is an exceptional collection of wartime photos including LaGG-3s and La-5s.

Credits:

Audrius Nairanauskas for many information, help and scans;
Alexander Ruchkovsky for many informations and scans;
Jouni Ronkko for his help;
Fabrizio Di Santo for his collection of scans;
Giovanni Carlassare for having sent to me some photostats;
Paul Flint for some suggestions;
Robert N. Abbott Jr for his photos of La-5 wreck;
Aleksej Ilic for his help;
Paul Berestesky for his building report;
Basil for the photos of his model;
Martin Zamecnik for his help on skis.
 
 

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