Searching for VVS Photos

[John Thompson]

I thought this MiG-3 photo was interesting just because it shows details of the underside of the port wing which are not usually seen, and the focus/resolution is quite good:



John

[Massimo Tessitori]

It's clear indeed. Thank you for sharing.
Massimo

[John Thompson]

Altyn41's photo pages:
http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/altyn41/album/98690/?&p=116,

Currently 4242 images, mostly Russian "Barbarossa victim" aircraft from ebay.de and other sources. I still have not found a way to navigate the site page by page - the arrows at the bottom are "greyed out" - perhaps you need to be a registered user for this feature to become active. You can still work through the images one by one, though, if you have a lot of time available. There's a solid run of maybe 75 Il-2 photos which ends at image No. 1663, although many of these are side-view shots of the nose and cockpit area with only a few showing markings, if I remember correctly.

There are also albums which include some excellent, apparently professional, Russian-made photos, although only a few of these show aircraft. This Yak-9 is on page 3 of the 18-12-2012 album;
http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/altyn41/album/194833/



John

PS - To make it a bit easier, here's a link to image 1728, which is where I stopped last night - you can work backwards from there using the thumbnails and left arrow in the top righthand corner of this page:
http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/altyn41/view/307581?page=86

[warhawk]

Nise hi-rez pics of a slogan-marked winter Yak from Scalemodels forum

http://pics.livejournal.com/modelist/pic/000kq99k.jpg
http://pics.livejournal.com/modelist/pic/000kppay.jpg

[learstang]

That's one sharp-looking Yak!  It would make a great model.  My knowledge of Yakovlev fighters is not as complete as it should be - anyone know which version this is?

Regards,

Jason

[KL]

That's one sharp-looking Yak!  It would make a great model.  My knowledge of Yakovlev fighters is not as complete as it should be - anyone know which version this is?

It's Yak-1 (in modern literature known as Yak-1B, or in some Polish publications erronously designated as Yak-1M).



The plane above is very interesting and important - it's the first (or one of the earliest) donated plane!   Donated by kholhoz "Signal of the Revolution" in Saratov Region to major V.I. Shishkin in November 1942.



Tail of this plane is still preserved in Saratov



Partial reconstruction (squadron number is unknown)

[learstang]

Thank you for the information, Konstantin!  Interesting how they duplicated the inscription even when it was painted white for winter.  So the inscription was on both sides?

Regards,

Jason

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi,
the number seems red 1.

Comparing the photo with the one in the museum, the shape, type and position of the star have been changed. If it's the same plane, it has been completely repainted.
Regards
Massimo

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi John,
this is a great mine of informations. Many of the photos of Il-2 were new for me. I think to have found even a photo of an Il-2 with arrow wings and integral white finish, the only one I know.
Regards
Massimo

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi,
look at this!

[learstang]

What bizarre camouflage!

Regards,

Jason

[B_Realistic]

Wow.
That's a stunning camo.
Massimo where did you get that one?
Anymore research about it?

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi,
I had already a photo of it in my page. It is from Sqadron Signal, that dates 1942.

Unfortunately I can't distinguish any detail that can suggest the factory and the period of production. The damage to the wigtip seems made on a wooden part.
I suppose that the lighter color could be white, remain of a winter camo made by nitro paint.
Regards
Massimo

[John Thompson]

New photo of "Shotdown Yellow 5" MiG-3:



Massimo's page on this aircraft:

http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/shotdown5.html

John

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi John,
thank you for the image. It's very strange how uniform looks this plane.
Regards
Massimo