Soviet pilots of 124 IAP in front of a MiG-3 at the Levashovo airfield, Leningrad region, November 1941.
The pilots are:
- Dmitry Mikhailovich Zanin, deputy squadron commander
- Alexander Georgievich Pronin, commander-2 squadron
- Nikolai Ivanovich Tsisarenko,
- Grigory Yakovlevich Ivanchenko.
The plane is a late MiG-3, characterized by the dark canopy frames. It is unclear if the dark dots on the side are due to shadows of trees, to a sort of camouflage or what else.
A group of pilots close to plane n.44 at the Levashovo airfield on 12/29/1941. The plane looks the same of the photo above, or at least very similar.
- Alexander Georgievich Pronin, commander of 2nd Squadron;
- Mikhail Pavlovich Barsov, flight commanders;
- Anatoly Avksentievich Korol;
- Dmitry Mikhailovich Zanin deputy commander of 2nd Squaron.
Left:
a detail of the plane. The number 44, presumably red, was painted on the sides. Note the dark frames of the sliding hood.
The characteristics are:
- late type with slats;
- gas recovery pipe on the exhaust stacks on the right side;
- the tail wheel is not visible, it is not clear if it was retractable or fixed in open position;
- painted with white MK-7distemper uppersurfaces and light blue undersurfaces;
- the sliding hood frames are not painted white;
- probably underwing rockets as on many MiGs of Moscow PVO.
