YAKOVLEV Yak-6M with ski gear 1944

Description

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. In April 1942, the Yakovlev design bureau was instructed to design a twin-engined utility transport aircraft to supplement smaller single-engined aircraft such as the Polikarpov U-2. The design was required to be simple to build and operate. Design and construction work proceeded extremely quickly, with the first protoype Yak-6 flying in June 1942. It passed its State Acceptance Tests in September that year and was quickly cleared for production. (Scale : 1/72e)