Yakovlev Yak-9 – Gaëtan Marie's Aviation Profiles https://www.gaetanmarie.com High Quality Digital Aviation Art Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:08:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.gaetanmarie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png Yakovlev Yak-9 – Gaëtan Marie's Aviation Profiles https://www.gaetanmarie.com 32 32 Yakovlev Yak-9 https://www.gaetanmarie.com/yakovlev-yak-9-2/ https://www.gaetanmarie.com/yakovlev-yak-9-2/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:08:22 +0000 https://gaetanmarie.com/?p=700 Continue reading Yakovlev Yak-9]]> yak9-001

1. On 18 September 1950, a North Korean Yak-9P made an emergency landing at Kimpo AB and was captured by US Marines. The aircraft was sent to Wright-Patterson AFB and tested. The evaluation report stated the aircraft was extremely capable but crude by Western standards.

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2. This Yak-9P is preserved in the Warsaw Aviation Museum. The Yak-9P was one of the first all-metal design produced in the Soviet Union.

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