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    Airframe Family: Sukhoi Su-17/20/22 Fitter (NATO)
    Latest Model:Su-20 Fitter-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:98+61 Luftwaffe
    Construction Number:72412
    Compressed ID:Sukhoi Su-20 sn 98+61 Luftwaffe cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Luftwaffen Museum, ex RAF Gatow, Berlin, Berlin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Su-20.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Egyptian Air Force with s/n 2412.

    1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Luftwaffe with s/n 98+61.

    February 2000

    Placed on display with Luftwaffen Museum, ex RAF Gatow, Berlin, Berlin.
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    25 May 2012


    Photographer: Arjun Sarup
    Notes: One of two aircraft acquired by West German intelligence from Egypt for evaluation by Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 61 (WTD 61) at Manching. On display at the Luftwaffenmuseum.

    16 September 2012


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: 2012 photo at Berlin-Gatow-Luftwaffenmuseum

    11 September 2018


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: Military History Museum at the Berlin-Gatow airfield in Germany.
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