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This, the fifth title in Midland's new Red Star series, deals with the entire family of Yakovlev piston engined fighters from the simple but rugged Yak-1 through the Yak-7, conceived as a trainer but eventually developed into a fighter, and the prolific and versatile Yak-9, to the most capable of the line, the Yak-3 with which even the aces of the Luftwaffe were reluctant to tangle. In comparison with other contemporary aircraft such as the sophisticated all-metal Mustangs with their excellent aerodynamics and monobloc wings and the multi-role Messerschmitts and Focke-Wulfs, the Yaks were less resistant to combat damage. However, they proved to be very amenable for the type of war that came to be waged on the Soviet front where the main efforts of aviation were devoted to the support of ground troops and aerial combat usually took place at low and medium altitudes. Series production of Yakovlev fighters was undertaken by six factories in the Soviet Union. In all a total of 35,737 machines covering all the diiferent marques, were built. In addition to the thousands of aircraft which served with the Soviet forces some Yak piston fighters also served outside Russia. These machinea re also covered in the book which also features the several examples which have been restored to flying condition in the west.
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"Yakovlev's Piston-Engined Fighters" Authoritative Source on Important Soviet Fighter Series
7 Feb 2006
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Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Khazanov provide a fresh and detailed look at the Soviet Union's single most important WWII fighter series in their book "Yakovlev's Piston-Engined Fighters." The book is meticulously researched, and provides a wealth of information no doubt drawn from archival sources in Russia unavailable to Western authors until the end of the Cold War period. Gordon and Khazanov provide an in-depth look at the developmental history of the Yak-1, Yak-7, Yak-9, and Yak-3, including plenty of photos as well one line drawing of each fighter type and six pages of color paintings. One particular highlight is a detailed chart showing technical specifications for almost every variant of the four fighters listed above. Finally the authors balance their work with historical descriptions of the operational combat history of each aircraft. Overall this authoritative work ranks highly among available sources on Soviet World War II fighter aircraft.
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