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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:Lim-5 Fresco-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:309 SPRP
    Construction Number:1C 03-09
    Compressed ID:WSK-Mielec Lim-5 sn 309 SPRP cn 1C...
    Latest Owner or Location:Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, Mazowieckie (Masovian Voivodeship)

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

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

    March 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej with s/n 309.

    27 March 1957

    Transferred to 10. Dywizja Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego (10th Fighter Aviation Division), Slupsk-Redzikowo, Poland.

    18 March 1966

    Transferred to 1. Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego (1st Fighter Aviation Regiment), Minsk Mazowiecki-Janow, Poland.

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

    6 September 1989

    Last flight.
    From Biala-Podlaska to Nowe Miasto nad Pilica.

    After 6 September 1989

    Placed on display with Military Base in Nowe Miasto nad Pilica.

    After 6 September 1989

    Markings Applied: 5058
    Fake serial commemorating military unit (Jednostka Wojskowa 5058).

    Circa 2002

    Placed on display with Nowe Miasto nad Pilica.
    Moved from the base to one of the town squares, mounted as a memorial there.

    2018

    Restored and moved to current location.

    2018

    Placed on display with Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, Mazowieckie (Masovian Voivodeship).
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    25 December 2018


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: Mounted as a memorial in town of Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, Poland.
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