Yak-3. Fighter “Victory”. Favorite fighter of “Stalin Sokolov”: Nikolai Yakubovich

At the front, the Yak-3 earned the honorary nickname “Victory”. This aircraft sort of creation became the “crown of creation” of the famous OKB A.S. Yakovlev. This magnificent, ultra -light, ultra -small, high -speed, easy to pilot the aircraft is rightfully considered the best Soviet fighter of the end of the war.
Having accepted combat baptism in the summer of 1944, the new “yak” immediately became the favorite machine of “Stalin’s Falcon”, which first received a plane that surpassed the “Messers” and “Fockers” in all respects. According to our pilots: “Yak -3 is a masterpiece! I would have arranged it over the Kursk arc and the Dnieper – I would have such a thing!”, “A miracle machine! The pilot’s dream!”, “Our Yak -3 overtook Messer’s heights, overtook it, overtook it, overtook it, and beat everywhere with terrible force!” The new “yak” and the German Asas, who considered him a more dangerous adversary than the vaunted British Spitfires and the American “Mustangs” were highly appreciated.
This book pays tribute to the legendary fighter, which became the peak of Soviet aircraft …

Author
Yakubovich Nikolay Vasilievich
Publisher
Yauza, 2011
Series
War and we. Aviation collection
Genre
Military equipment