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256b Section 1980-02-04.
OKB Mikojan and Guriewicz MiG-21 bis in Poland.
MiG-21 bis. Supersonic fighter aircraft, operating in "all weather conditions".
On 4.02.1980. Soviet pilots brought the first 10 machines to Poland. They entered service on March 6, 1980. In the years 1980-1981 we received 72 pieces of the MiG-21 bis version.
1 MiG-21 bis nb 0701 No. 75080701. Delivered on March 13, 1980. Used in 34 PLM. On 13.04.1989, failure-accident.
2 MiG-21 bis nb 0774 No. 75080774. Delivered on March 22, 1980. In 34 PLM, 1 DLMW. Accident on April 13, 1989 repaired and used again.
3 MiG-21 bis nb 0786 No. 75080786. Delivered on March 26, 1980. Used in 34 PLM (26.01.1981 accident?).
4 MiG-21 bis nb 0798 No. 75080798. Delivered on March 22, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
5 MiG-21 bis nb 0800 No. 75080800. Delivered on March 22, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
6 MiG-21 bis nb 0804 No. 75080804. Delivered on March 26, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW, 3 ELT. In 2004 End of service.
7 MiG-21 bis nb 0809 No. 75080809. Delivered on March 22, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
8 MiG-21 bis nb 0845 No. 75080845. Delivered on March 26, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 9 PLM, 41 ELT. In January 2004, end of service.
9 MiG-21 bis nb 0876 No. 75080876. Delivered on March 22, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW. Retired in 2000.
10 MiG-21 bis nb 0880 No. 75080880. Delivered on March 22, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
11 MiG-21 bis nb 0887 No. 75080887. Delivered on March 22, 1980. Used in 34 PLM. On October 29, 1999, crashed on the Hel Peninsula. On October 29, 1999, at 4:27 PM, the pilot catapulted. He left the plane in the 8th minute of flight in the Hel Peninsula. The pilot saved himself with the help of a lifeboat. He was not injured. The pilot took the Anaconda helicopter at 16; 42. The plane crashed on the beach in the area of Kuźnica on the Hel peninsula. The pilot’s task was a training flight in the zone.
12 MiG-21 bis nb 1007 No. 75081007. Delivered on March 22, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
13 MiG-21 bis nb 1029 No. 75081029. Delivered on March 26, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
14 MiG-21 bis nb 8645 No. 75078645. Delivered on March 6, 1980. Used in 34 PLM. On 05.08.1992, an accident near Malbork due to lack of fuel.
15 MiG-21 bis nb 8649 No. 75078649. Delivered on March 6, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 41 ELT. The end of service in January 2004.
16 MiG-21 bis nb 8705 No. 75078705. Delivered on March 13, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW, 3 ELT. The end of service in January 2004.
17 MiG-21 bis nb 8745 No. 75078745. Delivered on March 6, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 41 PLM. The end of service in January 2004.
18 MiG-21 bis nb 8801 No. 75088801. Delivered on March 13, 1980. Used in 34 PLM Babie Doły, 1 DLMW, 3 ELT. He ended his service in January 2004 in Krzesiny.
19 MiG-21 bis nb 8819 No. 75078819. Delivered on March 13, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
20 MiG-21 bis nb 8822 No. 75078822. Delivered on March 13, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
21 MiG-21 bis nb 8855 No. 75078855. Delivered on March 13, 1980. Used in 34 PLM. On April 26, 1993, damaged on the ground and transferred to COSSTWL in Oleśnica from nb 07.
22 MiG-21 bis nb 8859 No. 75078859. Delivered on March 13, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
23 MiG-21 bis nb 8861 No. 75078861. Delivered on March 6, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 9 PLM, 41 PLM. Crashed on May 7, 1999, near Sztum.
24 MiG-21 bis nb 8865 No. 75078865. Delivered on March 6, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW. On June 26, 1996, during landing, he damaged the aerodynamic steering wheel and rear structure. Withdrawn.
25 MiG-21 bis nb 8870 No. 75078870. Delivered on March 6, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW. On June 28, 1996, wrecked near Dąbki.
26 MiG-21 bis nb 8880 No. 75078880. Delivered on March 6, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
27 MiG-21 bis nb 8890 No. 75078890. Delivered on March 13, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW. On July 29, 1996, due to a failure, it fell into the Bay of Puck.
28 MiG-21 bis nb 8905 No. 75078905. Delivered on March 6, 1980. Used in 34 PLM. On October 13, 1994, it caught fire during landing. Set in Gdynia as a monument.
29 MiG-21 bis nb 8910 No. 75078910. Delivered on March 13, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
30 MiG-21 bis nb 8918 No. 75078918. Delivered on March 13, 1980. Used in 34 PLM. On February 25, 1994, an accident due to failure during take-off. The pilot managed to catapult and survived.
31 MiG-21 bis nb 8945 No. 75088945. Delivered on March 13, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
32 MiG-21 bis nb 8971 No. 75088971. Delivered on March 26, 1980. Used in 34 PLM Babie Doły, 1 DLMW, end of service in Dęblin and put up for sale in Malbork.
33 MiG-21 bis nb 8980 No. 75088980. Delivered on March 26, 1980. Used in 34 PLM, 1 DLMW.
34 MiG-21 bis nb 9027 No. 75089027. Delivered on 26/03/1980. Used in 34 PLM. On June 17, 1982, an accident-collision. Pilot’s fate unknown.
35 MiG-21 bis nb 9095 No. 75089095. Delivered on March 26, 1980. Used in 34 PLM. On June 16, 1988, an accident-catastrophe in Gdynia Babie Doły. Pilot lieutenant Wojciech Kucharski. The plane approached the landing and hooked the landing gear onto the shaft in front of the take-off field. The plane turned sideways and hit the ground. Pilot lieutenant Wojciech Kucharski was killed on the spot. The commission said the pilot was approaching the landing too flat.
36 MiG-21 bis nb 9145 No. 75089145. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 34 PLM, 9 PLM, 41 ELT. Deleted from the state in January 2004, but he no longer flew because he had broken frames. For sale in Malbork 2006.
37 MiG-21 bis nb 9211 No. 75089211. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. End of service in Krzesiny. In 2007, an exhibit in Czyżyny.
38 MiG-21 bis nb 9204 No. 75089204. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. Sold to Uganda.
39 MiG-21 bis nb 9307 No. 75089307. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. Sold to Uganda.
40 MiG-21 bis nb 9314 No. 75089314. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 3 ELT. End of service in January 2004.
41 MiG-21 bis nb 9320 No. 75089320. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 ELT. End of service in January 2004.
42 MiG-21 bis nb 9334 No. 75089334. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 ELT. End of service in January 2004.
43 MiG-21 bis nb 9345 No. 75089345. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Side number with a white border. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 PLM. End of service in 2004.
44 MiG-21 bis nb 9381 No. 75089381. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 PLM. End of service in 2004.
45 MiG-21 bis nb 9407 No. 75089407. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 ELT. End of service in January 2004. Put up for sale. In 2008, not yet sold.
46 MiG-21 bis nb 9424 No. 75089483. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. Lost on April 7, 1984, – failure during take-off.
47 MiG-21 bis nb 9444 No. 75089444. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Side number with a white border. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 ELT. End of service in January 2004. Put up for sale. In 2008, not yet sold.
48 MiG-21 bis nb 9483 No. 75089483. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Side number with a white border. Then the number was black. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. Used at the end of 41 PLM (ELT) Malbork. It left the service in January 2004.
49 MiG-21 bis nb 9494 No. 75089494. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 PLM. Lost on July 14, 2000. Disaster at the training ground in Nadarzyce. Pilot Dariusz Mikołajczyk was killed.
50 MiG-21 bis nb 9501 No. 75089501. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 PLM, 3 ELT. He left the service in January 2004.
51 MiG-21 bis nb 9507 No. 75089507. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. On December 16, 2003, as the last combat MiG-21, he performed a 20-minute farewell flight.
52 MiG-21 bis nb 9524 No. 75089524. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 3 ELT. He left the service in January 2004.
53 MiG-21 bis nb 9545 No. 75089545. Delivered on July 14, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 ELT. He left the service in January 2004.
54 MiG-21 bis nb 9564 No. 75089564. Delivered on September 9, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. Smashed due to lack of fuel.
55 MiG-21 bis nb 9700 No. 75089700. Delivered on September 9, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. He left the service in January 2004.
56 MiG-21 bis nb 9703 No. 75089703. Delivered on September 9, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 34 PLM, 3 ELT. End of service in January 2004. He hit the training ground in Nadarzyce in 2008.
57 MiG-21 bis nb 9708 No. 75089708. Delivered on December 4, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. The last MiG-21 bis aircraft accepted for Zegrze Pomorski. Lost in 1987 due to lack of fuel.
58 MiG-21 bis nb 9735 No. 75089735. Delivered on September 9, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 ELT. End of service in January 2004.
59 MiG-21 bis nb 9745 No. 75089745. Provided September 9, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 ELT. End of service in January 2004.
60 MiG-21 bis nb 9749 No. 75089749. Delivered on September 9, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 ELT. End of service in January 2004.
61 MiG-21 bis nb 9750 No. 75089750. Delivered on September 9, 1981. Used in 26 PLM, 9 PLM. Withdrawn in January 2004.
62 MiG-21 bis nb 9763 No. 75089763. Delivered on September 17, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 3 ELT. End of service in January 2004.
63 MiG-21 bis nb 9784 No. 75089784. Delivered on September 17, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 3 ELT. End of service in January 2004.
64 MiG-21 bis nb 9799 No. 75089799. Delivered on September 17, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. Sold to Uganda.
65 MiG-21 bis nb 9801 No. 75089801. Delivered on September 17, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. Sold to Uganda.
66 MiG-21 bis nb 9805 No. 75089805. Delivered on September 17, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 ELT. In January 2004, end of service.
67 MiG-21 bis nb 9809 No. 75089809. Delivered on September 17, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 41 ELT. In January 2004, end of service.
68 MiG-21 bis nb 9811 No. 75089811. Delivered on September 17, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. Sold to Uganda.
69 MiG-21 bis nb 9818 No. 75089818. Delivered on September 17, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. Sold to Uganda.
70 MiG-21 bis nb 9843 No. 75089843. Delivered on September 17, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. On November 16, 1990, wrecked.
71 MiG-21 bis nb 9854 No. 75089854. Delivered on September 17, 1981. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie. End of service in January 2004.
72 MiG-21 bis nb 9975 9854 No. 75089975. Delivered on September 17, 1981. The last MiG-21 bis aircraft purchased for Poland. Used in 26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, 3 ELT. End of service in January 2004.
During operation in catastrophes, we lost 5 MiG-21 bis machines. Most of the disasters occurred at the time of landing.
In mid-1999, 6 MiG-21 bis and 1 MiG-21 UM machines were sold to Uganda. In 2000, 47 or 50 MiG-21 bis machines remained in service.
MiG-21 bis.
Introduction 1980-1981 year.
26 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie, in 1989, the regiment changes its number to 9 PLM.
9 PLM Zegrze Pomorskie.
34 PLM-MW Babie Doły.
41 PLM Malbork.
3 PLM Krzesiny.
End in service in 2003.
Written by Karol Placha Hetman