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what is it?
The Yakovlev Yak-6 (NATO reporting name: Crib) was a Soviet twin-engined utility aircraft, developed and built during World War II. It was used as a short-range light night bomber and a light transport.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · low wing · 14 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 84 years ago, in 1942.
- Wingspan of 14 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1942
- introduced
- 1942
- retired
- 1950
- status
- retired
- number built
- 381
- role
- utility
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- makers
- Yakovlev
- engines
- 2× Shvetsov M-11F / Shvetsov M-11
- length
- 10.4 m
- wingspan
- 14 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,300 kg
- top speed
- 187 km/h
- range
- 900 km
- ceiling
- 3,380 m
- wings
- low wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1679649, Wikipedia: Yakovlev Yak-6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.