Osprey Aircraft of the Aces №102. Dmitriy Khazanov. MiG-3 Aces of World War 2

Illustrator: Andrey Yurgenson. — Osprey Publishing, 2012. — 96 p.The MiG-1/3 family of fighters was built to satisfy a Soviet Air Force requirement for an advanced, fast, high-altitude fighter. Entering service in the spring of 1941, the problematic MiG-1 had its handling issues rectified with the hasty production of the MiG-3. Many of these were destroyed on the ground when the Germans launched Operation Barbarossa. Nevertheless, enough examples survived to allow pilots such as Stepan Suprun and Aleksandr Pokryshkin to claim a number of victories in the type. This book tells the complete story of the men who made ace in the first examples of the famous MiG fighter.Equipping Soviet fighter aviation units with new types of aircraft Employment of MiG-3s during the early stages of the Great Patriotic War MiG fighter units defending Odessa, Kiev and Sevastopol MiG fighters in the Leningrad Air Defence System MiG fighters in the Moscow Air Defence System, and their employment in defensive operations and the counteroffensive of winter 1941-42. MiG fighters in service with the Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet air forces.