Plane 5 made a belly landing during the fall or winter 1941-42. We don't know the unit and place.

It was a wartime production with the late typre of nose panelling, but it shows some early characteristics as the early tail wheel doors, with a cut for the wheel, and on following photos we see that the wings weren't provided with slats. The date of production could be about July 1941.

The upper panel of the engine cowling is lacking; it is impossible to say if the radio mast was installed when the plane was still operational.

About the painting, the only thing that is recognizable here is the light number 5 painted on the tail, probably in light blue.

Image from Scalemodels.ru

Left:

another image showing better the painting of the rear of the fuselage.

This image was published much later and is very interesting. The snow had disappeared, and the camouflage on the fuselage is clearly recognizable, as well as the large red stars.

A most interesting characteristic is the painting of the nose, green with vertical thin lines. Something similar has been seen on some planes of 34 IAP, operating on the front of Moscow that, in absence of other informations, is the most likely attribution.

The wings appear light, probably because of the sky reflection; camouflage bands are vaguely visible, consistent with the usual pattern.

Image from Scalemodels.ru

Left:

this was the first photo to be published of this plane.

To resume, the characteristics were:

• late type MiG-3, with early tail wheel doors and no slats;
• pitot probe on the right wing leading edge (as typical for wings without slats);
• green/black camouflage, with the engine cowling painted with thin green/black zebra stripes;
• wide red stars in standard wartime position;
• impossible to say if the radio mast was installed or not;
• gas recovery pipe on the left side of the nose.