1/48 Zvezda LA-5FN, Flown by Capt. Konstantin S. Nazimov, 254th IAP, Poland, Summer – Autumn, 1944.

1/48 Zvezda LA-5FN,
Flown by Capt. Konstantin S. Nazimov, 254th IAP, Poland, Summer – Autumn, 1944.

Konstantin S. Nazimov is among La-5 aces. The number of kills differs from source to source. The highest numbers are 24 individual kills and two shared. The tally painted on the fuselage depicts 22 kills. From August 1944 on, Nazimov led the 2nd Eskadrila (flight) of 254th IAP (Fighter Air Regiment), but was killed in combat on December 23, 1944. Prior to his death, on October 26, he was awarded with Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. The color of the spinner could be white as well as aluminium.

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