Today I received my copy of the MiG-3 Aces book ? good service from Hannants, ordered and delivered in 9 days, to Canada. The good news ? no sign of Pokryshkin?s famous ?Yellow 5??
Here is a summary of the 32 colour profiles in the book. I?ve placed links to Massimo?s pages where possible, to illustrate the aircraft in the ?Aces? profile.
Profile 1 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/baikov.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot S. Baikov.
Profile 2 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/yellow9.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot V. Kozulya.
Profile 3 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/white36.htmlSame aircraft, but without the black nose and tip of the fin as shown by Massimo. Pilot A. Kubyshkin.
Profile 4 ? Winter scheme, red bort number 20 on fin; not found on web site. The caption reads ?MiG-3 3660 of Jr Lt Ivan Golubin, 16th IAP, 6th IAK, Moscow region, December 1941?
Profile 5 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/mig-1red6.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot P. Putivko.
Profile 6 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/whslogan2.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot V. Bashkinov.
Profile 7 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/3digits.html?White 220?, the upper aircraft on this page. No pilot given.
Profile 8 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/red90.htmlSame aircraft. No pilot given.
Profile 9 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/rough1.htmlSame aircraft, but with white numeral 1 on rudder, white trim tab, and white tip on spinner instead of red. No round yellow marking on fin above the numeral. Pilot I. Dolzhenko.
Profile 10 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/401iap57.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot I. Shults.
Profile 11 ? MiG-1 white numeral 10 in stencil fashion on rudder. Not found on web site. No pilot given. Caption reads "MiG-1 of 126th IAP, 9th IAD, Western Front Air Force, Belostok region, June 1941".
Profile 12 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/khar-zast.htmlWhat seems to be the same aircraft (same pilot, same IAP), but shown with red 02 on fin, black and white segmented spinner, and camouflaged in a combination of light brown and dark grey. Pilot Y. Titaev.
Profile 13 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/khar-spot.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot I. Rybin.
Profile 14 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/lipilin.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot A. Lipilin.
Profile 15 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/blue19.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot M. Nakrasov.
Profile 16 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/42.htmlSame aircraft, but with bort number in solid white, not red/white outline. Pilot A. Nikitin.
Profile 17 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/3digits.html?White 564?, the lower aircraft on this page. Pilot A. Rudenko.
Profile 18 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/whitail.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot A. Lukyanov.
Profile 19 ? Not found on web site; shows a late MiG-3 with no bort number, in black and green camouflage, with an auxiliary fuel tank under the wing. Caption reads ?MiG-3 of Lt Viktor A. Kiselev, 34th IAP, 6th IAK, Moscow region, August 1941?.
Profile 20 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/red1.htmlSame, but with black/white numeral instead of red/white. Pilot N. M. Essin.
Profile 21 - Not found on web site; shows an early MiG-3 in black/green camouflage with red numeral 1 on fuselage; caption says ?MiG-3 of Lt Ivan Dubovic, 7th IAP, Northern Front Air Force, Karelia, July 1941?.
Profile 22 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/yellow3.htmlSame aircraft, same colours. Pilot A. Shevarev.
Profile 23 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/white5.htmlSame aircraft, slightly different camouflage pattern, no starter attachment. Caption says 7th IAP. Pilot K. D. Denisov.
Profile 24 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/white04.htmlSame aircraft, with black/green camouflage and solid green spinner (no red tip). Pilot S. N. Polyakov.
Profile 25 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/yellow21.htmlSame aircraft, but camouflage is light brown and dark grey. Pilot A. A. Sharmin.
Profile 26 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/white54.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot K. Nikonov.
Profile 27 - Not found on web site; shows an early MiG-3 in overall green with bort white 12 on fuselage. Caption reads ?MiG-3 of Snr Lt Kuzma Seliverstov, 55th IAP, Southern Front Air Force, Beltsy region, June 1941?.
Profile 28 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/red85.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot G. Gorban.
Profile 29 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/zarodinu.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot G. German.
Profile 30 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/whitedown.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot M. Baranov.
Profile 31 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/black7.htmlSame aircraft. Pilot I. Zabolotny.
Profile 32 -
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/black36.htmlSame aircraft, but with black panel behind exhausts, not green. Pilot I. Kholodov.
John