MiG-1 and MiG-3 with early livery profiles summary

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Updated on February 21, 2023

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All the early series production  MiG-1s and MiG-3s were painted with:

 

 


This scheme was common for MiG-1s and early MiG-3s, till the war outbreak. Only, the position of the red stars on the fuselage was usually higher on MiG-1s than on MiG-3s.
The metal surfaces (aft fuselage, horizontal tail surfaces, central wing plan) appear lighter and worner than the wooden surfaces (rear fuselage, outer wing panels); this is well visible on nearly all German photos (forthemost representing aircraft captured or wrecked during the first days of war), but not on Soviet photos (few of which represent this scheme, and they show forthemost new aircraft from the factory; however, shown examples could have been painted with all uppersurfaces in AII green for a better look).
The difference between green shades on wooden and metallic surfaces is very marked in aircrafts abandoned for a long time. It was probably due to different paintings on separed sub-assemblies before the final assembly, that led paint on metal parts to fade quickly if exposed to the sunlight.
The green/blue demarcation line was sharp on the nose and metallic parts of the wing and tail, while it was soft on wooden parts; besides, wooden and metallic parts were painted before the final assembling, and this can be understood because demarcation lines are often discontinued on junctions.
This way to paint MiG-3s was abandoned contemporarily to the war outbreak, when a new black-green camouflage was introduced and the position of numbers and national markings was changed; planes painted with the prewar style fought with this livery until they were lost or repainted.


 
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MiG-1, for the most Baltic Front

   

MiG-1 yellow 5, 31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-1 red 6, 31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-1 red 8, 31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-1 white 7, June 1941

MiG-1 Blue 10, 31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-1 Blue 11, 31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

 

MiG-3 Baltic front

   

MiG-3 of 15 IAP/31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 15 IAP/31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 15 IAP/31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 15 IAP/31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 15 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 15 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 15 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 15 IAP/31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 15 IAP, Kotsunai, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 31 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 of 15 IAP, Kaunas, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 n.1 of 42 IAP/10 IAP, Siaulai, Lithuania, June 1941

MiG-3 n.2 of 42 IAP/10 IAP, Siaulai, Lithuania, June 1941

 

MiG-3 Northern Front

MiG-3 dark red 1 of 5 IAP VVS KB, Leningrad area, June 1941

MiG-3 blue 11 of 153 IAP, Leningrad area, June/July 1941

MiG-3 yellow 11 probably of 153 IAP, June/July 1941

 

MiG-3 West Front

   

MiG-3 white 1 of 124 IAP, Wysokie-Mazowieckie airport, June 1941

MiG-3 white 3 of 124 IAP, Bialystok airfield, June 1941

MiG-3 white 5 of 124 IAP, Bialystok airfield, June 1941

MiG-3 n. 3 of 124 IAP, Bialystok airfield, June 1941

MiG-3 presumably of 124 IAP, June 1941

MiG-3 white 3 of 124 IAP, Poland, June 1941

 

MiG-3, South and Southwest Front

MiG-3 white 1 of 28 IAP, Chunev airfield, west Ukraine, June 1941

MiG-3 white 7, presumably of 28 IAP, Chunev airfield, west Ukraine, June 1941

MiG-3 white 10, presumably of 28 IAP, Chunev airfield, west Ukraine, June 1941

MiG-3 white 13, presumably of 28 IAP, Chunev airfield, west Ukraine, June 1941

 

MiG-3 of 401 IAP, June/August 1941

 

MiG-3n.1/13 of Stepan Suprun, 401 IAP, July 1941

MiG-3 n.15 , 401 IAP, July/August 1941

MiG-3 n.17, 401 IAP, July 1941


MiG-3 n.19, 401 IAP, July 1941

MiG-3 n.36, 401 IAP, July 1941

MiG-3 n.40, 401 IAP, July 1941

MiG-3 n.42, 401 IAP, July 1941

MiG-3 n.43, 401 IAP, July 1941

MiG-3 n.57, 401 IAP, July 1941

   

 

MiG-3 of Transcaucasian Military District, August 1941 and later

   

MiG-3 220 of 25 IAP, Crimea 1941/1942

MiG-3 225 of 25 IAP, Crimea 1941

MiG-3 306 of 25 IAP, Crimea 1941

MiG-3 562 of 50 IAP, Crimea 1941/42

MiG-3 562 of 50 IAP, Crimea 1941/42