MiG-3 Aces of World War 2

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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.

Reviews

"With exceptional research, captivating photographs, and outstanding artwork, students and modelers of MiGs, and WW2 Soviet planes and pilots should really appreciate this work." --Fred Boucher, AeroScale

"This is a valuable history that's useful as a reference source. If you want to know more about the MiG-3, you simply have to have this volume." --Robert F. Dorr, Aviation History (January 2013)

"As with all books in this series, it is superbly illustrated not only with period photos of the men and planes, but also with several pages of full color profiles. It makes for an excellent read for enthusiasts and a great reference for modelers." --Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness

Author Bio

Dmitriy Khazanov is one of Russia's leading experts on the history of Soviet aviation in World War 2. He has written 15 books and a great number of articles, which have been published in Russia, the UK, Germany, Finland, France and Japan. Aleksander Medved is a retired air force colonel who has written 11 books and a number of articles on the history of Soviet and foreign combat aircraft development in World War 2. Khazanov and Medved have previously co-written a handful of monographs on subjects such as the MiG-3 fighter, Pe-2 dive-bomber and Er-2 long-range bomber. Andrey Yurgenson is one of Russias premier aviation artists, specialising in scale drawings and colour illustrations of Soviet aircraft. He has illustrated numerous articles on the history of Russian aviation in Russian and foreign aviation magazines since the early 1990s, working with Avions, Batailles Aeriennes, Klassiker Fluhthart, Le Fana dAviation and Aeroplane. Yurgensons artwork had also been published in more than 20 books. This is his third volume for Osprey.