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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:Lim-5 Fresco-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:1419 SPRP
    Construction Number:1C 14-19
    Compressed ID:WSK-Mielec Lim-5 sn 1419 SPRP cn 1C...
    Latest Owner or Location:Muzeum Uzbrojenia (Armament Museum), Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolska)

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    Dates

    Event

    1958

    Constructed as a Lim-5 by WSK-Mielec at Poland.

    September 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej with s/n 1419.

    From 1958 to 1960

    Transferred to Wyzsza Szkola Pilotow (Pilots High School), Modlin, Poland.

    From 1960 to 1967

    Transferred to Centrum Szkolenia Lotniczego (Aviation Training Center), Modlin, Poland.

    From 1968 to 1972

    Transferred to 39. Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego (39th Fighter Aviation Regiment), Mierzecice, Poland.

    From 1972 to 1974

    Transferred to 58. Lotniczy Pulk Szkolno-Bojowy (58th Training and Combat Aviation Regiment), Deblin, Poland.

    From 1974 to 1989

    Transferred to 61. Lotniczy Pulk Szkolno-Bojowy (61st Training and Combat Aviation Regiment), Biala Podlaska, Poland.

    Circa 1991

    Assigned to Baza Statkow Powietrznych, JW 4044 (Aircraft Base, Military Unit 4044), Mierzecice, Poland for storage.

    July 1995

    Placed on display with Muzeum Uzbrojenia (Armament Museum), Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolska).
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    26 May 2008


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Poznan - Citadel, Wielkopolskie, Poland

    18 November 2015


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Muzeum Uzbrojenia (Armament Museum) in Poznan, Poland.


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    John Bennett
    Marcin Rogowski

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