I think it’s a Yak-3 or something, because the Yak-9P has a retractable tailwheel and the yak-3 doesn’t, but the Yak-1, Yak-7 and Yak-11 don’t have like the -9P a retractable tailwheel. It looks like the Yak fighters with inline engines (Klimov V-12). And the Yak on your picture looks like a single cockpit. So the yak would probably be a Yak-3 or an early Yak-9.
EDIT: I realised that I have some photo’s and an article about mustangs VS yaks in the korean war. The yaks that were flying there were Yak-9U’s. BUT, the Yak-9U’s DO have a retractable tailwheel and the Yak on your picture not, so it could be an old Yak they used for training or something for the newer Yaks. But I’m not sure.
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