These photos show the prototype Nr.2, recognizable from the first and third for the oval shape of the side plate, the absence of antenna mast and the presence of slots in front of the windshield.

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This photo of an operational MiG-1 captured by Germans show the shorter radiator and the different undercarriage covers than MiG-3, but in all other respects (sliding canopy, engine cowling etc.) this aircraft resembles an early MiG-3; the 100 mm difference in nose lenght is not easy to see.
Note the small red star with black outline on the fuselage.

These photos show many operational MiG-1s captured by Germans; they belonged to 31 IAP based at Kaunas air base. Another unit to receive MiG-1 was 41 IAP based on the former Polish airport of Bialystok.
Large numbers of MiGs were captured because most Soviet pilots didn't feel sure on this aircrafts, and preferred to evacuate the airfields flying older types, as I-15 and I-16.
One example bears the yellow number 5 on the rudder, while another has a red 6 with white outline; many examples are without any number.

This photo represents an example captured by Germans and exposed probably in Berlin during 1942. There was a propaganda
exhibition called "Russenparadies". This exhibition was bombed by German communists, under the leadership of Bruno Baum.
The example was captured in near flyable condition in the first days of war. In the photo it appears lacking of some small
panels and with its tyres down, not on flyable conditions.

 

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