Yakovlev Yak-1b was the most effective fighter aircraft used by the Soviet Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily in the first part of the Second World War. When new Soviet fighter aeroplanes appeared, i.e. Yak-9 and La-7, Yak -1b was moved to reconnaissance missions and to escort ground-attack aircraft. Allied units – first French also used it, then Polish and, … Continue reading Yak-1b in the Allied air forces – camouflage and markings