yak-3 production

belle · #1 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2007, 01:19 AM

hi guys,

does anyone know of the 4848 yak-3s built overall, how many were built by the end of the war? and did full production start in march or june? thanks

Amrit · #2 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2007, 07:44 PM

From: http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avyak1.html#m3

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.....first rollouts in March 1944.......4,848 were built in all, with 737 of these delivered after the war

belle · #3 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2007, 09:14 PM

so is it fair to say that about 4,000 Yak-3s were built before the end of the war?

Amrit · #4 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2007, 10:30 PM

4111 to be exact if the figures from the above site are correct. It also mentions that a few were built in the 1990s for the warbirds scene.

Worth reading as the site's info on other aircraft (the ones that I know more about) is usually very good and dependable.

chocapic · #5 (**permalink**) May 28th, 2007, 07:14 PM

Same numbers in book Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War by Yefim Gordon and Dmitri Khazanov.

Book says they were first delivered to fighter aviation regiments in june and service tested in Lvov area in june-july

Skipper · #6 (**permalink**) May 28th, 2007, 08:33 PM

Good to see you back Chocapic.