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| Soviet MiG-15s at the time the Korean War began were looking relativelly simple: two or three-digit bort numbers were applied on the forward fuselage and the usual red stars - of the same size - on the fin and the rear fuselage. This changed as soon as the aircraft started arriving in China.... |
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| This MiG-15 was the "personal" mount of Maj. Fomin, while he flew with the 177 IAP. |
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| Early Soviet MiG-15s that appeared over North Korea were usually painted like this: with their noses painted in red and North Korean markings, although the bort number was usually applied further aft, and outside the area painted red. Aircraft seen with in such colours except "22" depicted here were also: 03, 07, 12, and 23. |
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| It is not entirely clear if this was one of the MiGs flown by Soviet units stationed in China during the Korean War, or if it was one of the North Korean aircraft. |
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| This MiG-15 reportedly belonged to one of the V-VS units stationed in China, in June 1951. |
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| Another example for markings of early Soviet MiG-15s over North Korea was this MiG-15 flown by Capt. Kramarenko. |
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| The exact information about the look of Soviet MiG-15s during the Korean War is extremely hard to come by, and even where available the sources differ very often. A typical example is the - relatively well-known - MiG-15 flown by Col. Pepelyayev. Photographic evidence indicates that the serial of the aircraft was applied in the same red colour wich was covering the whole nose of the aircraft.... |
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| ...most of the published sources, however, indicate the serial was actually applied in red - even if all agree that it was outlined in white.... |
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| ...at some stage red colour must have been applied deeper over the fuselage and around the whole serial, which was meanwhile "updated" to 925, however, then this is how the aircraft should have looked like in late 1951. |
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| This MiG-15 was photographed in the middle of the green camouflage colour being applied in uneven stripes down the fuselage, because of this its final look remains unknown. The aircraft was flown by Golyshevskiy from Antung. |
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| This MiG-15 with five kill markings in the form of red stars was flown by Maj. Nikolay Shkodin, who flew with the 147 GIAP in 1953. |
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| In the summer of 1953 Maj. A. Bojcow flew this MiG-15bis while with the 16 IAP/97 IAD. He claimed a total of six kills, but no less but nine black stars were applied on the aircraft, indicating that three other kills were scored by other pilots. |
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| This MiG-15bis was seen at Antung AB while in service with the 351 IAP, in autumn 1952. |
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| Captain Milauszkin flew this MiG-15bis while with the 176 IAP/324 IAD, based at Antung, in early 1952. |
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| MiG-15 known to have been flown by Soviet pilot Zameskin. |
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