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This MiG was delivered together with another
29 aircraft in April 1962. These originally served
with the Soviet Air Force and after the overhaul
were supplied in the natural metal finish to
Hungary. During the overhaul the aircraft
c/n 0320138 had the upgraded wing installed
featuring the landing light located at the left
wheel well. The light was later covered with
a sheet aluminum. In August 1968 this particular
airplane participated in the Warsaw Pact armed
forces invasion (except Romania and Albania) to,
at that time, Czechoslovakia. Before the invasion
it was marked with the red stripes which were
later deleted. In March 1970 the aircraft was
overpainted in the camouflage colors including
all stencils. In September 1975 the airframe was
struck off charge having logged 1535 flight hours
and was abandoned at the Szolnok airbase.
Mikhail Mikhin was born on October 25th, 1923
and right after the graduation from the high
school he started his pilot training finishing it in
the end of 1944. He did not manage to participate
in any combat during the World War Two, however
he participated in the air combat over Korea
where he was deployed in July 1952 with the
entire 518th IAP. The unit remained in the combat
zone until the end of hostilities, Major Mikhin shot
down 9 enemy aircraft in total (7 x F-86, 2 x F-84)
for which accomplishment he was awarded the
title Hero of the Soviet Union on July 14, 1953.
He remained in the active service of the Red
Army Air Force after the Korean War and retired
with the rank of Major General in 1980. He passed
away on March 25, 2007 in St. Petersburg.
c/n 0320138, 1st Squadron, 101st Reconnaissance Regiment,
Szolnok, Hungary, 1972
Maj. Mikhail Ivanovich Mikhin, 518th IAP, North Korea, May 1953
72574 MiG-15 landing flaps (PE
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Set)
672007 MiG-15 wheels (Brassin)
672008 MiG-15 ejection seat (Brassin)
672020 MiG-15bis airbrakes (Brassin)
672024 MiG-15bis cockpit (Brassin)
3DL72026 MiG-15bis SPACE (3D Decal Set)
Recommended:
for MiG-15bis 1/72
#672024
#672008
#672020
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