MiG-3 Aces of World War 2

• Author(s): Dmitriy Khazanov, Aleksander Medved,
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Pages: 96
• ISBN_10: 1780960298
  ISBN_13: 9781780960296
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Military / Aviation & Space , History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General , History / Russia / General ,

Description:... The complete story of the pilots who 'made ace' while flying the original MiG fighters.

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.