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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15 Fagot (NATO)
    Latest Model:SBLim-2
    Construction Number:1A 01-005
    Compressed ID:Mikoyan Gurevich SBLim-2 cn 1A 01-0...
    Latest Owner or Location:Riverside Municipal, Riverside, California

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    Dates

    Event

    March 1953

    Constructed as a Lim-1 by WSK-Mielec at Poland.
    Last of first five Lim-1 fighters, which were assembled from kits supplied by USSR. Nevertheless they were given Polish construction numbers.

    1953

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

    After 1958

    Converted to a SBLim-1.

    After 1966

    Converted to a SBLim-2.

    July 1993

    To Phoenix Warbirds, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

    Circa December 2005

    To David R. Bartush.

    Based at Riverside Municipal, Riverside, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Circa January 2006

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Mojave Airport.

    From 2006 to Circa December 2013

    Aircraft remained at Mojave Airport until late 2013.

    Circa December 2013

    Transported by ground.
    Detroit, Michigan where it is currently housed near downtown Detroit.

    27 December 2013


    Photographer: Dave

    By 27 April 2014

    Aircraft is in very good condition, awaiting final reassembly to fly again.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Dave
    Marcin Rogowski
    Thorsten Ruchel
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