Franciszek Jarecki
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Franciszek Jarecki was a pilot in the Polish Air Force, who became famous in early 1953 when he escaped Soviet-controlled Poland in a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet, one of the best Soviet planes at that
Franciszek Jarecki
Frank Jarecki's flightsuit on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a single-seat transonic jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful jet fighters to incorporate s
Franciszek Jarecki
…7, 1931 – died October 24, 2010) was a pilot in the Polish Air Force, who became famous in early 1953 when he escaped Soviet-controlled Poland in a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet, one of the best Soviet planes at that time. Jarecki was born in 1931 in Gdów, a town near Kraków. His family soon moved to Stanisławów, where his…
PZL Mielec Lim-2, Polish variant of the MiG-15bis
Front view of a MiG-15
MiG-15UTI Trainer version, Chino Planes of Fame Air Museum
Split forward air intake