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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco (NATO)
    Latest Model:Lim-5 Fresco-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:1319 SPRP
    Construction Number:1C 13-19
    Compressed ID:WSK-Mielec Lim-5 sn 1319 SPRP cn 1C...
    Latest Owner or Location:USN NAS Fallon, Fallon, Nevada

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    Dates

    Event

    1958

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

    August 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej with s/n 1319.

    August 1958

    Transferred to 45. Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego (45th Fighter Aviation Regiment), Babimost, Poland.

    Circa 1958


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: At the Babimost Air Force Base, Poland.

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

    1990

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej.

    From 1991 to 1994

    Assigned to Baza Statkow Powietrznych, JW 4044 (Aircraft Base, Military Unit 4044), Mierzecice, Poland for storage.

    March 1994

    Sold on the private market and exported to USA.

    From 1994 to 1996

    To Brunetto Flying Services, Coolidge, AZ, USA.
    Stored dismantled.

    1997

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Mesa, AZ, USA.

    By April 1998

    To USN NAS Fallon, Fallon, NV.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 3020
    Soviet AF markings.

    Not to be confused with three other Lim-5 planes also painted as 3020. One is at the Palm Springs Air Museum, second in San Diego Air and Space Museum and third at the NMUSAF in Dayton.

    20 July 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Marcin Rogowski
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