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Yakovlev Yak-3 facts for kids

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Yakovlev Yak-3 in flight.

The Yakovlev Yak-3 is a Soviet single-engine fighter aircraft. It was one of the main military aircraft used in USSR for World War II. The first flight was in 1941. It started being used in 1943. Some were used by French pilots of the Groupe Normandie-Niemen. After the war, some were used in Poland and Yugoslavia. More than 4,800 were built.

Images for kids

  • 2011. Марка России 1476

    Yak-3, featured on 2011 postage stamp of Russia, Weapons of Victory stamp series

  • Yak3

    Yakovlev Yak-3 (replica), with opposite rotation propeller.

  • CF15 Yak-3 ZK-YYY 040415 03

    Yakovlev Yak-3M ZK-YYY, at the Classic Fighters 2015 airshow, Blenheim, New Zealand.

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