The introduction of bands camouflage painted on in factory looks to
have been more or less contemporary to the war outbreak and to the introduction
of the late type MiG-3.
While the aircraft were probably painted AII green and light blue when
still disassembled, the darker bands were painted on already assembled
planes, and don't show interruptions on panel lines; the quick fading of
the AII green visible on German photos of solid-green painted aircraft
is not visible on camouflaged aircraft, perhaps because it is covered by
camo bands, and/or because few operative MiG-3s had a life long enough
to fade.
Two colors are known to be used to paint darker bands:
MiG-3s of 7 IAK, Leningrad front
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MiG- early No. 04, Cap. Polyakov, 7 IAP, Leningrad front,
June 1941 |
MiG-3 early No. 40(?)-6, probably 7 IAP, Leningrad front,
summer 1941 |
MiG-3 early No. 42 of 7 IAP, Leningrad front, October
1941 |
MiG-3 early No. 67 of 7 IAP, Leningrad front, summer 1941
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MiG-3 late No. 67 of 34 IAP, Leningrad 1941/42 |
MiG-3 late No. 19 (?) of 162 IAP, Leningrad 1941/42
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MiG-3 early No. 77, unknown unit, PARM No.1, Leningrad 1941
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MiG-3s '14 and over' , unknown unit on the Western
front, summer-fall 1941 |
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MiG-3 early White 14, unknown unit, 1941
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MiG-3 early White 19, unknown unit, 1941
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MiG-3s of 72 SAP/2 GSAP of VVS-SF at Vayenga airport
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MiG-3 White 31 of 72 SAP/2 GSAP VVS-SF, Vayenga, 1941/42 |
MiG-3 White 77 of 72 SAP/2 GSAP VVS-SF, Vayenga, 1941/42 |
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Moscow front |
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MiG-3 early of 177 IAP, summer 1941 |
MiG-3 early of capt. Lipilin, 41 IAP, July 1941 |
MiG-3 early of 38 PAE |
MiG-3 late "smert nemetskim okkupantam!" of 162 IAP
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MiG-3 late Blue 1 of 162 IAP |
MiG-3 early 'Zebra' of Lt.Baikov of 34 IAP, March 1942 |
MiG-3 late n.4, unknown unit, Moscow front
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MiG-3 late n.46,unknown regiment of 6 IAK, Moscow 1941 |
MiG-3 late White 64 of 11 IAP PVO, June 1943. |
42 IAP, Moscow Front |
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MiG-3 late 'ZA RODINU' of 42 IAP, Moscow front, 1941
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MiG-3 late 'ZA STALINA' of 42 IAP, Moscow front, 1941
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120 IAP/12 GIAP |
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MiG-3 73-5 of 120 IAP, late 1941 |
MiG-3 of Capt. Kryukov, 12 GIAP, 1942 |
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122 IAP, spring/summer 1942 |
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'Za Rodinu' of 122 IAP, summer 1942 |
'Za Partii Bolshevikov' of 122 IAP, spring 1942 |
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351 IAP, 1943 |
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Black Sea Fleet (ChF) |
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MiG-3 white 1 of Black Sea Fleet 62 IAP VVS ChF |
MiG-3 white 5 of 8 IAP VVS Chf, 1942. |
MiG-3 white 12 of 7 IAP ChF, Gelendzhik airfield,
1943 |
MiG-3 white 28 of 7 IAP ChF, Gelendzhik airfield,
1943 |
MiG-3 white 28 of 7 IAP ChF, Gelendzhik airfield,
1943 |
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Miscellaneous
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MiG-3 late Blue 5, perhaps 34 IAP, late 1941
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MiG-3 late Blue 5, unknown unit, spring 1942 |
MiG-3 late rough 28, unknown unit, fall 1941.
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MiG-3 late n.4, unknown unit, probably spring 1942
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MiG-3 late, Red 1, with tail skid, unknown unit, winter 1941-42
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