13's....

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Hmmmm.....
Didn't VVS use the number '13' on their jets, trying to find a MiG-21, but no luck....every number around it, but no '13'!
Maybe better luck with '113' etc., etc...
 
So far I've tracked down a Cuban MiG-21F-13, Red 13 but I can't find a photo of it. Several books to go.

Romanian MiG-21F-13, #13, no color give. Again no photo. I went through this book...



...it's almost 723 pages long and lists all the MiG-21 operators and their aircraft in this form. I believe the first column, serial numbers refers to the nose numbers...



...it's where I found the two 13s. 9 more books





Geo
 
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Cheers Geo, appreciated! Email read and replied..
I seem to remember hearing somewhere, that the VVS didn't use the '13', which is interesting, as there were a few taildraggers with that number, so why not the MiG-21 and other jets?
 
Poland Lim-1 c/n 1A 06-013 s/n 013
*Converted to SBLim-2.
*Upgraded to SBLim-2A.
*Recoded as 613.
*Currently preserved in Philipville, Belgium.

Poland Lim-1 c/n 1A 09-013 s/n 013
*Converted to SBLim-2.
*Upgraded to SBLim-2A.
*Recoded as 9013.
*39 PLM.
*Put into storage at Mierzecice AB.

Poland MiG-15UTI c/n ? s/n 013
 


East Germany Lim-5 c/n 1C-0913 s/n 513
*2/1958: Delivered to the East German AF.
*JG-1.
*JG-7.
*1969: Central Reserve.
*JBG-31.
*JBG-37.
*12/31/1984: Struck off charge.
*Salvaged.
 


Poland Lim-5 c/n 1C-0413 s/n 413
*5/1957: Delivered to the Polish AF.
*1957: 39 PLM.
*11/7/1978: Withdrawn from use.
*Assigned as a ground trainer to Olesnica AB.
*Currently preserved at the Hermeskeil APT Museum, Germany.
 
Any photos of this bird? there's a lot of '13' here....

Lim-5 c/n 1C-1313 s/n 1313
*7/1958: Delivered to the Polish AF.
*1958: 13 PLM.
*6/7/1988: Withdrawn from use.
 

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