[HGabor]

Hi Stig,

Thanks, it's a good point, it was 07153100 indeed! Sorry, Excel dropped the first digit 'zero' when I copied, so it was just a typo. It was Yak-9T, S/N: 07153100, plane No.100 of batch No.07 from Novosibirsk, factory No.153. Interestingly its marking was white '9', not '100'. Most planes, however, in 179 IAP by January 14, 1945 used the plane-in-batch number as tactical ID number in white with a few exceptions:

Yak-9T, 07153100: white '9' - sic!
Yak-9D, 10166027: white '10'
Yak-9M, 2815338: white '38'
Yak-9M, 3215337: white '37'
Yak-9M, 2515366: white '66'
Yak-9M, 2615313: white '19' - sic! - Engine No.: 33-2259, crashlanded on March 20, 1945 with Терентьев Алексей Николаевич onboard: "3:20 аэр Ниж. Карталы 4 Як-1 и Як-9 вылетел на сопровождение 6 Ил-2 92 ГШАП в р-н Чеп. После БЗ ошибка при посадке, уходя на второй круг сел на фюзеляж в 800 м от аэр и разбил самолет. Летчик цел."

(WWII Yak-9s after batch No.25 from Novosibirsk were Yak-9M models!)


Most of the 18 Yak-1Bs of 179 IAP by January 14, 1945 also used the plane-in-bach No.s as tactical numbers, here I list only the few exceptions:

Yak-1B, 03162: white '26'
Yak-1B, 08177: white '8' (not '08'!)
Yak-1B, 08179: white '8' (not '08'!)
Yak-1B, 47163: white '46' - Engine No.: 315-598, crashlanded on March 11, or 12, 1945 with л-т Король Василий Карпович onboard. "12:05 4 Як-1 на сопровождение 7 Ил-2 в р-н Диниеш. На маршруте ЮЗ Будапешт. Заметил масло на полу кабины и запах гари. Мотор сдал обороты. Развернулся в сторону аэр Вечеш и сел на фюзеляж не долетая 2 км до него. Самолет разбит, летчик цел. 24.3.45 поступил в 10 ОТЭР"

Gabor