Yakolev Aircraft of World War Two by Gordon Yefim

Yakolev Aircraft of World War Two by Gordon Yefim

The Yak-1, Yak-7, Yak-9 and Yak-3 are probably the best known and most successful of the Soviet Union's piston-engined fighters of the Second World War with a total of over 35,000 built in six factories and an outstanding service record.

Penned by Aleksander S. Yakovlev in 1940, when the Soviet Union desperately needed to substantially upgrade and put into series production modern fighters which could compare and compete with their Western contemporaries, the Yak-1 and ensuing series were well-suited to the battle conditions on the Soviet-German front and could be both easily constructed by unskilled labor and flown effectively by relatively inexperienced pilots.

Not only did the series give sterling service in Soviet use, but was also used by countries in the Soviet sphere of influence and appeared in British, German and American markings.

This extensively-illustrated volume presents in unsurpassed detail the development, history, and technical specifications of each type in this famous line of Soviet fighters, plus projects, research and experimental versions, drawing on extensive material culled from unprecedented access to company archives and other previously closed sources.

Komissarov, Sergey: - In 1956 Sergey Komissarov started collecting photographs and books on the history of Soviet aviation, accumulating a considerable archive. In retirement, he devoted himself entirely to his hobby and embarked on the career of an aviation journalist. At present he is Deputy Chief Editor of the Moscow-based Krylya Rodiny (Wings of Motherland) magazine. He has published a number of articles on the history of Yakovlev aircraft, notably the Yak-18, Yak-11, Yak-12, Yak-23 and Yak-40. He is also the author or (mostly) co-author of a dozen of books on the history of Soviet aviation, published in English, in cooperation with Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov.

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ISBN 13	9781902109466
ISBN 10	1902109465
Title	Yakolev Aircraft of World War Two
Author	Gordon Yefim
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hikoki Publications
Year published	2015-03-30
Number of pages	272
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