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The First in the Long Line of MiG Fighters!,
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This review is from: Early MiG Fighters in Action - Aircraft No. 204 (Paperback)
Nowadays the MiG Bureau is chiefly known for its successful stable of jet fighters starting with the MiG-15. This 2006 Squadron/Signal volume however devotes itself to the Bureau's first efforts beginning with the MiG-1. Squadron/Signal's MiG expert, Hans Heiri Stapfer supplies the text and photos while the always excellent Don Greer supplies color profiles.
Established in 1939, the first aircraft out of the MiG Bureau, the MiG-1, proved unsatisfactory and was reworked into the MiG-3. Numerically the most important new VVS fighter in June 1941, the MiG-3 saw heavy combat and was still in service at war's end. Follow-up Bureau designs such as the MiG-3U, MiG-5, MiG-7, etc. were unsuccessful. The MiG-9 however became the first pure jet-powered Soviet fighter, serving faithfully until the more advanced MiG-15 became available. Stapfer does a good job relating the development of all the various early MiG designs and their fates. Over 70 photographs, numerous plan views and two pages of the aforementioned Greer artwork round out this comprehensive account. All in all, an interesting, concise summary of early MiG aircraft. *** One quibble: The color profiles depict MiG-3s only. The title clearly says "Early MiG Fighters" so why no MiG-9 profiles??
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