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Old 26th March 2013, 15:02
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Re: JG53 and the I-17

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Originally Posted by Johannes View Post
I-17, I-200 and I-18 and Mig-1 are all in the same.
Hi, Johannes.

I must add that MiG-1 (aka I-200) did not participate in any air combat of WW II, so I-200, MiG-1 and I-18 (this type didn't exist at all) in German victory claims are all probably misidentifications for MiG-3.

I-17 was an experimental plane which looked a lot like MiG-3, so probably another misidentification here:

http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/fww2/i17/i17-5.jpg

Also, I-22 was a prototype of LaGG-1 (aka I-301) and all three are clearly misidentifications for LaGG-3. I-180 was again only an experimental plane.

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Maksim
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