by hasegawa » Mon Mar 29, 2021 5:50 pm
A MiG 15bis of the Accumulation of the LSK/LV Luftsteitkräfte/Luftverteidigung of the German Democratic Republic. An uncle of mine flew it. I'll leave all the political stuff out because I don't think he belongs in this forum. But she belonged "to us" was our first fighter. But it was quickly replaced by the much better MiG 17. The MiG 15 was actually already outdated when we got it. But the Air Force of the Federal Republic also flew North American F-86 before it then in the early 60's got the F-104G "Starfighter", the "Witwenmacher." The NVA had almost 100 MiG 15 from 1956 to 1965. All fighter squadrons were equipped with it at different times. For a long time, the MiG-15UTI double-seaters, where used for training until they were replaced by L-29 "Dolphins "from Czechoslovakia, were a much more efficient training aircraft.
Top speed: 1044 km/h
Marching speed 860-900 km/h
Transfer range: 2000 km
Radius of action: 800 km
Service peak height: 16,200 m
Climbing speed: 46 m/sec
Armament:
1 37 mm cannon N 37D
2 23 mm cannons NR 23
Possible 2 bombs 50 or 100 kg each, but then no additional fuel tanks