Yak-6
Role	Utility
Manufacturer	Yakovlev
First flight	1942
Introduced	1942
Retired	1950
Status	Retired
Primary user	Soviet Air Force
Number built	381

The Yakovlev Yak-6 was a Soviet twin engined utility aircraft, developed and built during World War II. It was used as a short range light night bomber and a light transport.

Contents 1 Development 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Operators 5 Specifications (Yak-6) 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Development

The Yak-6 was designed in the second half of 1941 to serve as an easy to build utility aircraft. It first flew in mid 1942 and was quickly cleared for production. It had a wooden structure, and in the production version had a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. 381 were built ^[1].

[edit] Operational history

The Yak-6 was used with great effect at the front line both as a transport (where it could carry cargo loads of up to 500 kg/1,102 lb), as a light night bomber and supplying partisans. By 1944, most operational units of the VVS had one as a utility aircraft. ^[2]

[edit] Variants

• Yak-6 : Twin-engined light utility transport aircraft.
• NBB : Short-range night bomber aircraft.
• Yak-6M : Improved version of the Yak-6.

[edit] Operators

 France

• Normandie-Niemen squadron transport plane

 Soviet Union

• Soviet Air Force

 Mongolia

• Mongolian People's Army Air Force - Transports units

[edit] Specifications (Yak-6)

Data from Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 4
• Length: 10.35 m (33 ft 11.5 in)
• Wingspan: 14 m (45 ft 11.25 in)
• Height: ()
• Wing area: 29.6 m (319 ft)
• Empty weight: 1,368 kg (3,119 lb)
• Loaded weight: 2,300 kg (5,071 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× M11F Radials, 104 kW (140 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 187 km/h (116 mph)
• Range: 900 km (559 mi)
• Service ceiling: 3,380 m (11,090 ft)

Armament

• 1 × 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun
• Up to 500 kg (1,102 lb) bombs, or 10 × RS 82 rockets

[edit] See also

Related development Yak-8
Comparable aircraft Po-2

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.aviation.ru/Yak/#6

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