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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:Lim-5R Fresco-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:1730 SPRP
    Construction Number:1C 17-30
    Compressed ID:WSK-Mielec Lim-5R sn 1730 SPRP cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Deblin Air Force Museum, Deblin, Lubelskie (Lublin Voivodeship)

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    Dates

    Event

    1960

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

    July 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej with s/n 1730.

    Converted to a Lim-5R by WSK-Mielec at Poland.

    1960

    Transferred to 21. Samodzielny Pulk Lotnictwa Rozpoznawczego (21st Reconnaissance Independent Aviation Regiment), Sochaczew-Bielice, Poland.

    Transferred to 17. Eskadra Lotnicza Dowodztwa Wojsk Lotniczych (17th Aviation Squadron of the Air Force Command), Poznan-Lawica, Poland.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Lim-5R 1730 somewhere over Poland.

    By 1989

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

    1993

    Placed on display with Lublinek Airport, Lodz, Lodzkie.
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    1 March 2012

    Placed on display with Deblin Air Force Museum, Deblin, Lubelskie (Lublin Voivodeship).
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    22 May 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Deblin - Irena, Lubelskie, 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 2018 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Old Wings by Aad van der Voet
    Polot.net
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Marcin Rogowski
    Thorsten Ruchel
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