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Original Item. Only One Available. This is a great piece of Korean War history with some good provenance, a pair of Russian (Polish Manufactured) binoculars with a note stating that they were recovered from a Russian Yakovlev Yak-9 Fighter shot down during the Korean War. This makes sense, as after World War II, the Yak-9 also was used by the North Korean Air Force during the Korean War.
The binoculars are 6x30 and are in great condition, with their original eye-cover and case with the original strap. The binoculars are marked F30819 1952 20B. The original strap and cover are present. The case is in great shape, retains the spare lenses at the bottom, and has a Russian data stamp on the inside of the lid, but it’s too faded to read. From what we have found these are Polish manufactured binoculars, which would make sense given that Poland was still a communist country at this time.
This is a fantastic set of bring-back binoculars from a niche era in U.S. military history. Comes ready for further research and display.
The Yakovlev Yak-9 is a single-engine, single-seat multipurpose fighter aircraft used by the Soviet Union and its allies during World War II and the early Cold War. It was a development of the robust and successful Yak-7B fighter, which was based in turn on the tandem-seat advanced trainer known as the Yak-7UTI. The Yak-9 started arriving in Soviet fighter regiments in late 1942 and played a major role in retaking air superiority from the Luftwaffe's new Focke-Wulf Fw 190 and Messerschmitt Bf 109G fighters during the grand Battle of Kursk in summer 1943.
The Yak-9 had a cut down rear fuselage with an unobscured canopy. Its lighter metal structure allowed for an increased fuel load and armament over previous models built from wood. The Yak-9 was manoeuvrable at high speeds when flying at low and medium altitudes and was also easy to control, qualities that allowed it to be one of the most produced Soviet fighters of World War II.[citation needed] It was produced in different variants including the Yak-9T with the 37 mm (1.5 in) cannon and the "large-calibre" Yak-9K with a 45 mm (1.77 in) cannon firing through the propeller hub, which were used for antitank duty and as potent aircraft destroyers, the fighter-bomber Yak-9B with an internal bomb bay behind the cockpit for up to 400 kg (880 lb) worth of bombs, the long-range Yak-9D and the Yak-9DD with additional wing fuel tanks to escort bombers over Eastern Europe, and the Yak-9U with a more powerful engine and improved aerodynamics. The Yak-9 remained in production from 1942 to 1948, with 16,769 built (14,579 during the war).
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