Warplanes of Russia: Lavochkin, Polikarpov, Yak aircraft preserved in the UK

Russian aircraft of the Second World War preserved in the UK.

(Soviet Air Force Photo)

Lavochkin La-11.

(Soviet Air Force Photo)

Lavochkin La-11.

(Swedish Nationaal Archief Photo)

Lavochkin La-7 crash in Sweden in 1949, by a defecting Soviet pilot.

Lavochkin La-11 (Serial No. 20), The Fighter Collection, Duxford, Cambridgeshire.

(Tim Felce Photo)

(Roland Turner Photo)

(Allan Wilson Photos)

(Alec Wilson Photo)

Polikarpov Po-2 Mule (Serial No. 9), Reg. No. ZK-POZ, The Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

(Yak-1 recovery team Photo, 1999)

Yakovlev Yak-1 (Serial No. 1342), Reg. No. G-BTZD, recovered from a lake in ca 1989, Historic Aircraft Collection, Sussex.

(SDA&SM Photo)

(Soviet Air Force Photo)

Yakovlev Yak-3UA (Serial No. 5), Reg. No. D-FYGJ, Privately owned, Sleap, Shropshire.

Yakovlev Yak-3, Reg. No. G-CDBJ, one of 19 new-build aircraft manufactured by the Strela Aircraft Company in Russia in 2003.  Aero Legends, North Weald.

(Soviet Air Force Photos)

Yak-9D formation flight, USSR, ca 1945.

Yakovlev Yak-9UA (Serial No. 21), Reg. No. RA3364K, Privately owned, Headcorn, Kent.

Yakovlev Yak-9 (Serial No. TBC), Reg. No. G-YAKP, Privately owned, London.

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