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Vinony's link graph records 225 inbound references to Yakovlev Yak-15, and connects out to Soviet Air Forces, Yak-17 and Junkers Jumo 004.
Vinony files it under 1940s Soviet fighter aircraft, Aircraft first flown in 1946 and Aircraft with retractable conventional landing gear.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- Fighter
- Manufacturer
- Yakovlev
- Primary user
- Soviet Air Force
- Manufactured
- 1946–47
- First flight
- 24 April 1946
- Developed from
- Yakovlev Yak-3
- Developed into
- Yakovlev Yak-17
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Operator
- Soviet Air Forces
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Based on
- Yakovlev Yak-3
- Manufacturer
- Yakovlev
- Image
- Yakovlev Yak-15 3-view line drawing.svg
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- first flight
- 1946-04-24
- service entry
- 1947-00-00
- total produced
- 280
- Commons category
- Yakovlev Yak-15
- NATO reporting name
- Magnet
- powered by
- Junkers Jumo 004
- armament
- Nudelman-Suranov NS-23
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Yakovlev Yak-15 (Russian: Яковлев Як-15; NATO reporting name: Feather, USAF/DOD designation Type 2) is a first-generation Soviet turbojet fighter developed by the Yakovlev design bureau (OKB) immediately after World War II. The main fuselage was that of Yakovlev Yak-3 piston-engine fighter modified to mount a reverse-engineered German Junkers Jumo 004 engine. The Yak-15 and the Swedish Saab 21R were the only two jets to be successfully converted from piston-power to enter production. 280 aircraft were built in 1947. Although nominally a fighter, it was mainly used to qualify piston-engine-experienced pilots to fly jets.
Design
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yakovlev Yak-15” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.