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[P51vsFw190]

Even though DH gave us a wonderful history of this beautiful plane, I have to give this to Mex because he was the first to call it what it was.

You’re up Mex.



James

[DHumphrey]

Agreed, Mex got the plane way faster than I did, I just wanted to share some info on the aircraft. 

[LameHawk]

Thank you 

[mexchiwa]

Sorry for the size...

[Radoye]

Yak-9?

[mexchiwa]

Yes. Any idea where/when/why?

[Radoye]

Not really. Soviet-backed Polish Air Force was established late in the war, so this must be sometimes in late fall 1944 or later. As to where i have no clue, even taking that RAF fin flash in the background into consideration.

[DHumphrey]

Here's some info I found …

The Air Force of the Polish Army (Polish: Lotnictwo Wojska Polskiego), unofficially known as the People's Polish Air Force was the name of the Soviet-controlled Polish Air Force in the USSR between 1943 and 1947 created alongside the Polish People's Army (Polish: Ludowe Wojsko Polskie), a subordinate to the Red Army. It was the primary Polish air force formation within the Polish Armed Forces in the East during World War II.



Setting up the first combat unit – the 1st Independent Fighter Squadron (1. Samodzielna Eskarda Lotnictwa Myśliwskiego) – started on July 7, 1943. As of July 23, 1943, their first training airfield was Grigoryevskoye, about 15 km south of Moscow. On August 20, 1943, the Squadron was renamed as the Polish 1st Fighter Regiment, and on October 6, as the 1st Fighter Regiment "Warszawa" ("Warsaw").

The 1st Fighter Regiment "Warszawa", (equipped with Yak-1 and Yak-9 aircraft).

[mexchiwa]

These particular Yaks are very much post-war, though...

[BalDaddy]

Sorry for the size...

I bet you say that to all the girls....I certainly did

[LameHawk]

Ha, ha   

[Seb]

Sorry for the size...

All gentlemen, you're right a little bit.
In the picture there is Yak-9, but this is not a photo from the war, only a frame from the film "The story of one fighter" which was filmed in Poland in 1958.
The film tells the story of Polish pilots in Great Britain, including the 306 squadron.
The author of the script was a Polish hunting ace Stanisław Skalski who shot down 18 enemy aircraft during the war, and in communist Poland until 1956 he was in prison with a death sentence for alleged espionage. After 1956, at the request of the Polish Marshal Marian Spychalski, he returned to service in the air force, he made his first flight after leaving the prison without training on the MiG jet.
The plane in the picture is in the painting of another Polish ace, Jan Zumbach, from the 303 Squadron.
If you're interested, I can send a link to the movie.