Yakovlev Yak-3U, Reg. F-AZIM, Serial No. 9/04623, Other Markings: 27, Display Paint: Ukranian Air Force, close-up pilot view, air-to-air, Sleapkosh, Shropshire 2024

Air-to-air close-up photograph of a Yakovlev Yak-3U fighter aircraft, registration F-AZIM, serial number 9/04623, displayed in Ukrainian Air Force markings while flying near Sleapkosh, Shropshire, in 2024. The Yak-3U is a single-seat, single-engine piston fighter developed in the late Second World War period. It is a low-wing monoplane with conventional tailwheel landing gear. The aircraft is powered by a Shvetsov ASh-82 radial air-cooled piston engine driving a multi-blade propeller. The image focuses on the cockpit, engine cowling, and wing roots during level flight.