MiG 5 (alleged)

[amogus123]

In the rand mcnally encyclopedia of military aircraft, there is a plane in there called a MiG 5. It isn't the DIS however, and it appears like a MiG 3 with a radial swap. It has some differences from the MiG 3 though. The books mentions it being in service but having poor performance when compared the the Lavochkin la5.
I am wondering if anybody can provide more information, maybe another designation that is more widely known.

 

[amogus123]

In the rand mcnally encyclopedia of military aircraft, there is a plane in there called a MiG 5. It isn't the DIS however, and it appears like a MiG 3 with a radial swap. It has some differences from the MiG 3 though. The books mentions it being in service but having poor performance when compared the the Lavochkin la5.
I am wondering if anybody can provide more information, maybe another designation that is more widely known.

Im learning now that the i211 fits the description, but not the part about seeing service.

 

[hesham]

Welcome aboardAmongus,

and definitely it was a misprint,they almost meant MiG-7.

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

In the rand mcnally encyclopedia of military aircraft, there is a plane in there called a MiG 5. It isn't the DIS however, and it appears like a MiG 3 with a radial swap. It has some differences from the MiG 3 though. The books mentions it being in service but having poor performance when compared the the Lavochkin la5.
I am wondering if anybody can provide more information, maybe another designation that is more widely known.

Im learning now that the i211 fits the description, but not the part about seeing service.

Preproduction I-211s saw service.

 

[Apophenia]

That 'MiG-5' designation may date back to William Green's War Planes of the Second World War, Fighters Volume Three (Macdonald & Co, London, 1961, pp 140-145).

 

[igor-mich]

In the rand mcnally encyclopedia of military aircraft, there is a plane in there called a MiG 5. It isn't the DIS however, and it appears like a MiG 3 with a radial swap. It has some differences from the MiG 3 though. The books mentions it being in service but having poor performance when compared the the Lavochkin la5.
I am wondering if anybody can provide more information, maybe another designation that is more widely known.

Im learning now that the i211 fits the description, but not the part about seeing service.

In the Mikoyan Design Bureau, the I-211(E) had the designation MiG-9, not MiG-5.
There were 2 variants: the first MiG-9 (I-210) dv M-82A was built in a military series of 5 copies.
MiG-9 (I-221) with dv. M-82F is the only copy.

 

[Justo Miranda]

Some additional info

 

[airman]

Okb Mig - Midland 1991 report Mig5 not related with Mig-3.

 

[amogus123]

In the rand mcnally encyclopedia of military aircraft, there is a plane in there called a MiG 5. It isn't the DIS however, and it appears like a MiG 3 with a radial swap. It has some differences from the MiG 3 though. The books mentions it being in service but having poor performance when compared the the Lavochkin la5.
I am wondering if anybody can provide more information, maybe another designation that is more widely known.

Im learning now that the i211 fits the description, but not the part about seeing service.

In the Mikoyan Design Bureau, the I-211(E) had the designation MiG-9, not MiG-5.
There were 2 variants: the first MiG-9 (I-210) dv M-82A was built in a military series of 5 copies.
MiG-9 (I-221) with dv. M-82F is the only copy.

Thanks. Whoever wrote the book obviously didn't find multiple sources.