The YAK-9D This aircraft has good armament consisting of one 20mm cannon in the nose, with 2x12.7mm mg also in the upper cowling. The plane first enetered service in 1943 as a follow-on to the Yak-7. 16,769 were produced during the war, making it one of the more numerous of the Russian fighters. DATA: Top speed 374 mph, Ceiling 34,775 feet, Range 876 miles.