Yak-1 White 27, 20 iap, 63 sad By Michal Sekula |
Updated on November 1, 2020
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This is a picture of the Yak-1 dated to the summer 1941, outbreak of the Great
Patriotic War.
20 iap was formed in March 1938 in Smolensk, equipped with I-16 and I-15bis
planes. After its participation in Soviet-Finland war the regiment was re-armed
to Yak-1 and become part of the 63 sad. At the outbreak of the GPW 20 iap become
a part of the 17 sad in Kamenec-Podolskij region.
In august 1941 another independent regiment was created from this 20 iap, which
had the same number – 20 iap - and become part of the 61 sad at the Briansk
front. (source: http://allaces.ru/sssr/struct/p/iap20.php).
This Yak-1 has still prewar protective painting and marking. The fabric skin
on the fuselage and wings is painted with AII green for uppersurfaces and AII
light blue for undersurfaces while metal parts seems to be painted with A-19f
gloss green and A-18f gloss light blue alkyd paints.
Red stars without black outline were on six positions – underwings, upperwings
and sides of the fuselage. No red stars on the tail.
Photo of the original:
Source of the photo:
http://www.airfield.narod.ru/yak/yak.html