| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | F-AZOS |
| Military Code: | 6 white |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Yakovlev Yak-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Yakovlev Yak-3 |
| Aircraft Version: | Yakovlev Yak-3UA |
| C/n (msn): | 172612 |
| Display Paint: | Soviet Union - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Saint-YanMap |
| Country: | France |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: LFLN IATA: SYT Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Fly In & Meeting Aerien Saint-Yan 2023 |
| Photo Date: | 24 June 2023 |
| Photo by: | Roger Syratt |
| Photo ID: | 583880 |
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Built as a Let C11 trainer it was one of a large batch of the type acquired by Alain Chapel and Jean Salis from the Egyptian Air Force in 1985. In 1988 it was sold to the USA where it was rebuilt as a Yak-9, registered N9YK and sold to Jean-Marie Garric who replaced the original radial with an Allison V-12. It returned to France in 2003 and is now painted as a Yak-3 in the colours of Marcel Albert the most successful pilot of the Normandy Niemen Squadron, who served from the creation of the group in December 1942 until the end of the war and returned to France with his YaK-3 gifted by Stalin. This photo is copyright © Roger Syratt, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 6 July 2023, and has since been viewed 140 times. |