Left:

late MiG-3 of an unknown unit after a belly landing in German-held territory in winter/pring 1942.

• the plane has some interesting characteristics, among which the triangular area on the fin that preserves the temperate camouflage, probably left uncovered by the winter white layer to let see some number painted in non contrasting color;
• the front of the plane seems to have not painted white, preserving the temperate camouflage. The stains and the wearing of the white layer make the lower part of the sides and the wingroot dark;
• the position of the pitot probe shows that the plane was without slats; this is usually associated to early type tail wheel doors, with a cut for the wheel;
• the tail wheel looks strange and distorted, probably it had a rare tail skid instead of the tail wheel but preserved the early type tail wheel doors in open position;
• the red star on the white camouflage appear very small, but it's likely that the red stars over the wings were large as wartime standard;
• in consideration of the timeframe, it is likely that the plane was equipped with triple rockets rails under the wing consoles;
• the radio mast was installed, and it seems to see something as radio boxes under the rear glazing.

photo from Jan Koennig's collection   (C) Jetmodell.de and from Scalemodels.ru

Below, right: two photos of what seems to be the same plane in a more advanced state of decay. It is hard do distinguish numbers, that surely had to be, on this part of the fin not covered with winter green and a likely red number is frustrating.

A small mystery: the photos above seem to show a red trim and a white wing console, while the photos below and aside show white trim and an apparently not white wing console. It could be that the planes are similar, but not the same.

The tail star has a black outline; the fuselage star had it too, but it was nearly entirely covered by the white layer.

Images via A. Ruchkovsky