Last modified on July 14, 2005
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This example is one of the most famous ones, photographed during the
delivery ceremony
The photo was shot on February 1, 1942, when they were delivered; they
could be between the last MiG-3 even built.
The photo shows compressed air bottles on the ground, parachutes on
the wings and wheel stops.
The aircraft is the third of the line, and has the "Za partiy bolshevikov"
("for Bolshevik Party") slogan.
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The characteristics are:
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late type with slats, probably armed with 2 ShVAK 20 mm guns and underwing
rocket rails;
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uniform white uppersurfaces, with light blue undersurfaces;
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fixed tail wheel;
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white propeller blades;
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red slogan and arrow on both sides;
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the stars on the fuselage sides are slightly rotated;
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there should be an inert gas pipe on the left side.
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