Yakovlev Yak-3

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.

Yakovlev Yak-3 Media

Yak-3, featured on 2011 postage stamp of Russia, Weapons of Victory stamp series
Yakovlev Yak-3 (replica), with opposite rotation propeller.
Yakovlev Yak-3UPW produced in 2002 with Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radial engine
Yakovlev Yak-3M ZK-YYY, at the Classic Fighters 2015 airshow, Blenheim, New Zealand.
3-view silhouette drawing of the Yakovlev Yak-3

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