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Yakovlev Yak-9U ("Frank")

JSC A.S. Yakovlev
Yak-9U ("Frank")

Yak-9U fighter in the Central Air Force Museum, Monino, Russia

Role

Fighter

National origin

Soviet Union

Design group

A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau

Built by

Plant No.153 (Novosibirsk), Plant No.166 (Omsk), Plant No.82 (Moscow)

First flight

6 July 1942 (Yak-7DI)

Introduction

October 1942

Retired

1950 (Soviet Air Forces), 1951 (Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force), 1955 (Bulgarian Air Force)

Primary users

Soviet Air Forces

Produced

October 1942 – December 1948

Number built

16,769

Developed from

Yakovlev Yak-7

The Yakovlev Yak-9 (Russian: Яковлев Як-9; NATO reporting name: Frank) is a single-engine, single-seat multipurpose fighter aircraft used by the Soviet Union and its allies during World War II and the early Cold War. It was a development of the robust and successful Yak-7B fighter, which was based in turn on the tandem-seat advanced trainer known as the Yak-7UTI. The Yak-9 started arriving in Soviet fighter regiments in late 1942 and played a major role in retaking air superiority from the Luftwaffe's new Focke-Wulf Fw 190 and Messerschmitt Bf 109G fighters during the grand Battle of Kursk in summer 1943.

Variants

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JSC A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau
Yakovlev Yak-9 (NATO reporting name: "Frank")

General Info

Crew: 1 Length: 8.55 m (28 ft 1 in) Wingspan: 9.74 m (31 ft 11 in) Height: 3.00 m (9 ft 10 in) Wing area: 17.15 m²

Powerplant

Empty weight: 2,512 kg Gross weight: 3,204 kg Fuel capacity: 355 kg Powerplant: 1 × Klimov VK-107A V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 1,230 kW (1,650 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 690 km/h at 5,900 m
Range: 675 km
Service ceiling: 10,850 m
Rate of climb: 18.9 m/s

Armament

- 1 × 20 mm (0.79 in) ShVAK cannon, 120 rounds
- 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) UBS machine guns, 340 rounds

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Yakovlev Yak-9U Frank

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Yakovlev Yak-9U ("Frank")