Yak-9s in Italy

[kurlannaiskos]

the 236 IAP used the Yak-9DD in "Operation Frantic"

the white wingtips are actually the 210 IAP that used the Yak-9D also for
"Operation Frantic"

there was also a P-39 Airacobra unit there too ! (VVS)
but, I do not know what one.

let me look around I have a color photo of White 04 on the 236 IAP.

http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/ind....msg791#msg791

[Jens]

BTW are there any western allied accounts about the Bari-Yaks?

[Laurent Rizzotti]

If i am not confused, the Soviet fighters flying with the Frantic shuttle missions were based in Ukrain and returned there at the end of the escort (ie never landed in Italy).

But there was a Soviet fighter unit based in Italy. It was escorting Soviet C-47s bringing supplies and people to the Yugoslav partisans. At least according to what I read on the Internet, but this unit has never been identified in the websites I have found. It is supposed to have been a part of the Balkan Air Force. The presence of Soviet C-47 in Italy is confirmed by several sources.