Need help to ID this Russian WW2 fighter plane

[Remy Spezzano]

Would someone be so kind to help me identify the model and make of this shot down Russina aircraft?

It apears to be a fighter plane. The photo was taken in the area of KURSK,Ukraine July 1943. Thanks.

best regards,
Remy <><

[Remy Spezzano]

Photo No. 1

[Remy Spezzano]

Photo No. 2

[MH184]

It looks like a Yakovlev Yak 9 (you had the 1,3, 7 and 9 with minor differences the way to tell an early one from a later one is the cockpit)


The pic being July 1943 it could well be a Yak 3 thinking about it, the 9's and it's variants were the last and they came in in late 43 to early 44 (around that)


Kind regards,

Marcus

[Remy Spezzano]

Thanks Marcus! for the quick reply. Would anyone else out there care to 2nd this assessment?

Remy<><

[Tony Farrell]

Yak 3.

[LeeG]

Not sure about this being a Yak 3. I thought that the Yak 3 was not available for service until October 1943, which would make it more likely that this is a late Yak 1 variant.
Here are some web references:
http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avyak1.html
http://www.warbirdalley.com/yak3.htm