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Not standard schemes were due to many types of repainting.
The use of field made camouflaged started at the war outbreak, usually
on the base of the old solid green painting.
In some cases the field camo was very similar to the factory applied
one, ie large bands of dark green or black.
Other aircraft were painted in more fanciful way, forthemost with thin
mottling or striping of black on a green base; many photos exist of such
arrangement, but they show forthemost the aircraft in only a partial way.
Many standard green/dark green MiG-3s were overpainted with black bands,
mottles or sections; this could have been due both to a will to improve
the two-shades camo, both to repairs. Perhaps the black paint was easier
to be found on the field than the dark green one.
Sometimes the base camo was improved with the application of a lighter
paint, that could have been light grey or sand.
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| no. 42 of 7 IAP,
Leningrad front, October 1941 |
unknown unit, possibly 401 IAP | n.9 of 38 PAE,
Moscow front, late 1941. |
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| aircraft of Lt.Baikov of 34 IAP, Moscow front, 1941 | unknown unit | unknown unit |
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