Yakovlev Yak-3

The Yakovlev Yak-3 was a Russian fighter aircraft of World War 2.

The Yak-3 entered service in 1944; it was developed alongside the Yak-9 and, although having a lower designation number, entered service after its sister plane. It was a bit lighter and slimmer than the Yak-9 and was a very agile dogfighter at low heights; however, as with many Russian fighter aircraft, its performance declined tremendously above about 13,000 feet.

The Yak-3 was powered by a 1300hp Klimov V12 inline engine which gave it a top speed of 407 mph. It was armed with a single engine-mounted 20mm ShVAK cannon and two 12.7mm UBS machine guns.

In total, 4,848 aircraft were produced; at least five of them remain in airworthy condition.

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