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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:Lim-5 Fresco-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:1023 SPRP
    Construction Number:1C 10-23
    Compressed ID:WSK-Mielec Lim-5 sn 1023 SPRP cn 1C...
    Latest Owner or Location:Krakow Aviation Museum, Krakow, Malopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship)

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    Dates

    Event

    1958

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

    15 April 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej with s/n 1023.

    15 April 1958

    Transferred to 25. Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego (25th Fighter Aviation Regiment), Pruszcz Gdanski, Poland.

    Circa 1981

    Transferred to 21. Pulk Lotnictwa Rozpoznania Taktycznego I Artyleryjskiego (21st Tactical and Artillery Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment), Powidz, Poland.

    1982

    Transferred to 45. Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwsko-Szturmowego (45th Fighter Attack Aviation Regiment), Babimost, Poland.

    1985

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

    October 1990

    Placed on display with Krakow Aviation Museum, Krakow, Malopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship).
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    7 June 2007


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: Displayed at the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow

    28 August 2009


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Krakow - Rakowice, Poland

    4 November 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At Polish Aviation Museum, Krakow, Poland.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2014 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
    Marcin Rogowski
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