News from Gerry Paper Models - aircrafts

[gomidefilho]

Amazing my friend!

[wireandpaper]

Thank you Gerry, again a history class with you models!

[Gerry1966]

And first Yak-9's are here. First 5 models is the oldest version of this versatile and powerful aircraft:
- Yakovlev Yak-9 (Red Army, 4. IAP, st.ltn. Ivan Nikiforovich Stepanenko, Bryansk, July 1943)
- Yakovlev Yak-9 (Red Army, 275. IAD, pplk. A. A. Matveev, Kursk battle, July 1943)
- Yakovlev Yak-9 (Red Army, Régiment de Chasse Normandie-Niemen, 303. IAD, aspirant Louis Querne, Tula, Spring 1944)
- Yakovlev Yak-9 (Red Army, 586. IAP, lt. Galina Burdina, Zhytomyr area, summer 1944)
- Yakovlev Yak-9 (Red Army, 562. IAD Air Defence Command, winter 1943-44)

[gomidefilho]

Again amazing choices for recolor!

[Gerry1966]

My contribution of finished aircraft today is a) large and b) colored.
First 3 pcs of fighter bomber Yak-9B:
- Red Army, 1st Squadron, 168th IAP, Capt. I. I. Petrov, Khimki, June 1944
- Red Army, 130. IAD, East Prussia, 1944
- Red Army, Lt.Col. G. A. Korgushev, CO of 168. IAP, East Prussia, 1944.

The following are 5 Yak-9D long-range fighters:
- Red Army, 8. IAP Black Sea Fleet, Lt.Col. Mikhail Vasil'evich Avdyeev, Crimea, summer 1944
- Red Army, 148. GIAP, 2. Belorussian Front, lt. Nikolay Leontevich Chesnyk, Latvia, summer 1944
- Red Army, 6. GIAP Black Sea Fleet, Capt. Mikhail Ivanovich Grib, Crimea, summer 1944
- Red Army, 65. GIAP, Capt. Alexander Nikolaevich Kilaberidze, Belarus, June 1944
- Red Army, 130. IAD, lt. V. Melechov, East Prussia, autumn 1944

[gomidefilho]

Is a complete collection of Yaks I see

[Gerry1966]

Not yet.... ;-) There are some missing still: DD, M, T, K, U ...

[Gerry1966]

Today there are Yak-9DD and Yak-9M versions:
- Yak-9DD (Red Army, 236. IAD, Bari AFB, Italy, 1944)
- Yak-9DD (Red Army, unknown IAP, Operation Frantic, Poltava, July 1944)
- Yak-9DD (Red Army, unknown unit, probably Poland, 1944)

- Yak-9M (Red Army, 976. IAP, 1. Baltic Front, The Baltics, autumn 1944)
- Yak-9M (Red Army, HQ escadrilla, 900. IAP, kpt. Pavel Yakovlevich Golovachev, Germany, April 1945)
- Yak-9M (Red Army, 3. eskadrilla, 4. IAP, lt. Georgy Parfentievich Nakaznyuk, 2. Baltic Front, 1945)
- Yak-9M (Red Army, 513. IAP, 331. IAD, 2. Ukrainian Front, Germany, 1945)
- Yak-9M (Red Army, 535. IAP, 32. IAD, 1. Far Eastern Front, Manchuria, August 1945)

As you can see, several interesting specimens appeared here today .... a Soviet plane operating from Italy over Yugoslavia, covering American Flying Fortresses or fighting with the Japanese Hayate and Hien over Manchuria ... :-)

[Gerry1966]

The penultimate batch of Yak-9 are cannon versions. Specifically:

- Yak-9T (Red Army, 4th IAP, Capt. Ivan Nikiforovich Stepanenko, Poland, autumn 1944)
- Yak-9T (Red Army, 347. IAP, lt. Artyom Nikolov, Poland, winter 1944-45)
- Yak-9T (Red Army, 612. IAP, lt. F. Mordovskiy, East Prussia, autumn 1944)
-Yak-9T (Red Army, 897. IAP, Capt. P. P. Karavai, Poland, autumn 1944)
- Yak-9T (Red Army, Regiment of Chasse Normandie-Niemen, 303. IAD, Capitaine René Challe, Dubrovka, June 1944)
-Yak-9K (Red Army, 274. IAP, summer 1944)
- Yak-9K (Red Army, 274. IAP, st. Ltn. I. I. Kisilyov, Germany, spring 1945)

[Gerry1966]

When I started my Yakovlev fighter series a few weeks ago, I expected it to be only about 30-35 models. At most. Finally, the final number is 73 models of all 4 types.
I present to you the last series, the Yak-9U and Yak-9UT machines. And I don't even want to see Yaks anymore :-)
- Yak-9U (Red Army, 5th GIAP, Capt. Georgi Baevskiy, Germany, March1945)
- Yak-9U (Red Army, 12th IAP, Baltic Fleet, Kolberg, East Prussia, April 1945)
- Yak-9U (Red Army, 31. GIAP, 268 IAD, 8. VA, Lt. Aleksey Reshetov, Hungary, 1945)
- Yak-9U (Red Army, 151. GIAP, Capt. I. A. Kizim, Vienna, April 1945)
- Yak-9UT (Red Army, 152. GIAP, 12. GIAD, Capt. Garri A. Merkviladze, Prague, May 1945)