This aircraft is a series MiG-1 of 31 IAP; it was captured, with many other MiGs, on the Kaunas airfield in Lithuania in the first days of war.

The aircraft differs from early type MiG-3 for:

• the length was still 8,15 m ;
• the last exhaust stack is slightly overposed to the rear side plate;
• there are 7 ventilation slots on each side (instead than 6 as on early series MiG-3);
• some bulges and intakes over the nose were absent, and a small air intake under the nose was smaller;
• the tail wheel doors are without any bulge or window;
• the underwing removable panels for guns pods ammo were absent;
• the water radiator fairing and main landing gear were different from MiG-3; they had smaller wheels, different doors shape, and foldable wheel flaps as on I-16, instead of the wheel doors as on MiG-3;
• the supercharger intakes at the wingroots had shorter lips, particularly the upper ones.

	Here red 6 is visible on the background, partially hidden by MiG-1 yellow 5.
	Again red 6 hidden by yellow 5.  The identification of red 6 as a MiG-1 is due to the lack of some intakes and bulges on the engine cowling.

The general finish is similar to the most of early MiG-3s: overall AII green over AII light blue;  the shade of color on the metallic parts is very faded and lighter than the wooden parts (rear fuselage, wings outer consoles).  the red stars have black outline and are in six positions: fuselage, wings upper and undersurfaces; the propeller was unpainted alluminium, with the back partially painted black and very worn.