Yak Advice pls

[sparty72]

Hi all... Can anybody help me with pilot and marking's reference for the Yak 3 pls.. preferably the " Normandie-Niemen" but anything really...Im looking for close up pics of insignia and camo scheme plus pilot data if available, this is where i am at at the moment:


Many thanks

Sparty

[gamary]

Looking very good. I'll see what I can gather on the NN and send it to you. Could you give me your mail by PM?

[sparty72]

sparty72@hotmail.com... thanks Gamary!

[gamary]

Sorry, I've been sick and out of touch . I'll try to collect my stuff and send on Sunday. The thing is, I have very irregular web access. That also complicates things.

My local public library has a story of the NN by J. Courri?re, which is not very good but includes some pictures. I can scan them and send them to you if you want me to.

[Jesters-Ink]

You are a gentleman gamary

[gamary]

Well... thank you. You should at least wait for my mail!

[Jesters-Ink]

Well... thank you. You should at least wait for my mail!

Why . . .arn't you going to send it

[gamary]

Working on it right now. Don't have that many results yet. I think most of what I know of the NN comes from that book I mentioned. I'll zip and mail it when complete. I'll probably need to go get that book though. The rest will be scans, which may take a tad longer.

Some links I've found:
Cocardes Models - Montages maquettes 1/72e - Yak-3 Hasegawa
Cocardes is specialized in French modelling. Might be helpful.

Cocardes Models - Chasseurs ? h?lice - Yakovlev Yak-3 Normandie-Niemen
This has colour pics of the Yak-3s brought back to France. Shoul be useful.

[gamary]

The French volunteer regiment aircraft were invariably painted with Grey and Grey-Green uppersurfaces over Light Blue undersurfaces. The NN was the only squadron to carry an arrow across its fuselage. The first squadron had a white arrow and the second one a yellow one. The French also used painted Balkenkreuzes behind and below the canopy to indicate victories, an unusual practice in the VVS.


(Source: Yak Fighters in action, Squadron/Signal Publications).



You probably already knew this, but just in case... I also have a few other pics found here and there if you still need the material.



Regards,