5 March 1953 - First MiG behind the "Iron Curtain"

March 1953 - "Cold War" in Europe and real Korean War. American Air Intelligence look for datas and parts of Soviet modern aircraft. And on 5 March 1953 unbelievable information. MiG landet in Denmark! That Polish defector Lt. Franciszek Jarecki fly from Slupsk Polish Air Force Base to Ronne Airfield at Bornholm Island with a MiG-15bis - modern Soviet fighter. Western air specialists checked aircraft and several days after MiG returned to Poland with ship. But the pilot goes to USA and got many important information about modern Soviet aircraft and air tactics.
Famous Lt. Noh Keun Suk with Mig-15 defect to South Korea on 21 September 1953.

Between 1949 and 1956 four Polish MiGs and one Il-2M3 was defect from communist Poland to Denmark and Sweden.

On 1949 Lt. Arkadiusz Korobczynski from Navy Flight in Wicko Morskie defect with Il-2M3 attack aircraft (No 3) to Gotland Island in Sweden.
On 5 March 1953 Lt. Franciszek Jarecki from 28th Fighter Squadron in Slupsk defect with MiG-15bis (No 346) to Ronne Airfield at Bornholm.
On 20 May 1953 Lt. Zdzislaw Jazwinski from 28th Fighter Squadron in Slupsk defect with MiG-15bis to Ronne Airfield at Bornholm.
On 7 November 1955 Lt. Kozuchowski from 31th Fighter Squadron in Lask defect with Lim-2 (MiG-15bis, No 1919) and crash landing near Halland in Sweden.
On 25 September 1956 Lt. Zygmunt Gosciniak from Zegrze Pomorskie defect with MiG-15bis (No 1327) and landing without gear in Ronne Airfield at Bornholm.

Leszek Chmielewski

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