White 95, unknown unit and location

I found this profile online a couple years ago, but was unable to turn up any information on it's unit, location or pilot. It's dark brown-green and dark earth camouflage pattern lent itself nicely as a replacement for the desert camouflage.

S-97 (La-7) White 33, 2nd Fighter Regiment, Czechoslovakian Air Force, Kbely Airport, Prague, 1947

Begining in early 1944 the Soviet Union created an independant Czech Fighter Regiment within the VVS, composed of about 20 Czechoslovakian fighter pilots discharged from the RAF and transported Ivanovo airport in Kubinka, near Moscow. Equipped with La-5FN aircraft teh 1st Czech FIghter Regiment operated in support of the Slovakian insurgency during late 1944 with reasonable success in both air-to-air and ground attack roles.

Following the German defeat of the insurgency, the Czechoslovak flying units in the Soviet Union began to build a mixed division of two fighter regiments and one attack regiment. The 1st Ceskoslovenska Samostatna Smisena Letecka Divize (1 Czechoslovak Independent Combined Air Division) was officially formed on January 25th, 1945 and transferred to the 8th Air Army where it provided air support for the 4th Ukrainan Front's offensive through Southern Poland and Czecholovakia, culminating with the capture of Prague. The war in Europe ended before the 2nd Fighter Regiment would complete training.

Beginning in May of 1945 La-7s, designated S-97 by the Czech's (S for Stihacka, fighter), began to be delivered, with a total of 56 La-7's being delivered. In August 1945, the planes were officially passed from the 2nd Soviet Air Force to the Czech Air Force, and received Czech roundels replacing the red stars they had previously carried.

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The 2nd Fighter Regiment's La-7s had propeller spinners painted in bands of white/blue/red, but due to an issue with the propeller spinner's model I was unable to properly paint them so I opted to use a solid red spinner instead.

You can download both from Hawkeye's Hangar