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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:Lim-5 Fresco-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:905 NVA
    Construction Number:1C 08-20
    Compressed ID:WSK-Mielec Lim-5 sn 905 NVA cn 1C 0...
    Latest Owner or Location:Luftfahrttechnisches Museum, Rechlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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    Dates

    Event

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

    July 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Nationalen Volksarmee (National Peoples Army) with s/n 905.

    23 October 1985

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    11 January 1991

    To Luftwaffenmuseum Appen, Uetersen.

    April 1995

    To Luftwaffen Museum, ex RAF Gatow, Berlin, Berlin.
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    8 May 2002


    Photographer: John Bennett

    25 May 2012


    Photographer: Arjun Sarup
    Notes: From JBG 37 Klement Gottwald based at Drewitz.

    2017

    Loaned to Luftfahrttechnisches Museum, Rechlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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    21 July 2022


    Photographer: Heino Rhoden
    Credits
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     European Military Out of Service 2014 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Thorsten Ruchel
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