Any ideas what this is?

Story has appeared in the local newspaper where a "WW2" style aircraft has landed in a field and the pilot is nowhere to be seen. was wondering if anyone knew what type of aircraft it is? Yak?

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reply to post by solidshot
It hasn't snowed in High Wycombe for a couple of weeks. It's probably some BS hoax news story or the paper has been hoaxed.

Has it come through a worm hole from another timeline perhaps ?

I don't think that is snow, just light flash off the wet surface. The other pictures don't show snow. More like heavy rain.

reply to post by Kandinsky


It did snow last week. Have to admit i wondered if it was a hoax though? if so they seemed to have hoaxed the local plod as well?

It looks like a Yak-52.

Not sure why it would be painted like that unless it was part of a 'warbirds' collection somewhere near.

reply to post by solidshot
By hoax, I didn't mean the plane wasn't real or there. I probably should have RTFA! It seems the pilot maybe put down in poor conditions? Looking at WWII Chinese planes...link...could it be a Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki?

I'll just get my coat...

it's a YAK-52, there are many planes painted like that...

they still fly them in airshow/look what I have groups

more likely a Nanchang CJ-6

To the Russians it was a Yak-18, but to the Chinese it was a CJ-5 or CJ-6. You can tell that it's not a Yak-52 by looking at the curvature of the vertical stabilizer. The one in the picture is squared off, consistent with a Yak-18, whereas the -52's stabilizer is more rounded.

Thnx for the replies all, the local "rag" has updated their story and the pilot has shown up. they reckon it was a Nanchang NJ6

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