Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:J-5 Fresco (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:0613 PLAAF
    Last Civil Registration:N406DM
    Compressed ID:Shenyang J-5 sn 0613 PLAAF cr N406D...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ward William E III, Stillwater, MN

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a J-5 by Shenyang at China.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force with s/n 0613.

    14 March 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR406DM (MIG-17T, 0613) issued.

    Circa 1993


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At EAA Oshkosh.

    8 April 1999


    Photographer: David Leininger
    Notes: Photographed at the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends at Kissimmee, FL.

    16 August 2001

    To Ward William E III, Ann Arbor, MI with new c/r N406DM.

    Based at Detroit Willow Run Airport (YIP), Ypsilanti, MI.
    View the Location Dossier

    9 August 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Thunder Over Michigan at the Yankee Air Force Museum in Ypsilanti, MI.

    23 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Thunder Over Michigan Air Show at Ypsilanti, Michigan.

    1 January 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX406DM (MIG-17T, 0613) issued.

    5 March 2018

    Civil registration renewed.

    12 June 2018

    To Ward William E III, Stillwater, MN keeping c/r N406DM.

    2 October 2021

    Civil registration, N406DM, cancelled.

    12 September 2022

    To Ward William E III, Stillwater, MN with new c/r N406DM.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=24618][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Mikoyan Gurevich-Shenyang J-5 Fresco (NATO), s/n 0613 PLAAF, c/r N406DM[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=24618
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.