Chinese MiG-15 #4117 Korean War

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Chinese MiG-15 #4117 Korean War

Post by dragon53 » Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:15 am

I've seen elsewhere that this 21st Century Chinese MiG-15 #4117 flew combat missions in the Korean War.
Does anyone have any more history on it?

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Re: Chinese MiG-15 #4117 Korean War

Post by tmanthegreat » Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:48 pm

Didn't know that specific plane flew in Korea, though I guess that could be a given. All I know about it is that its Chinese and part of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Certainly one of the most striking (if not garrish) paint scheme's to grace a 21c aircraft, along with the Canadian "Tiger Meet" F-104 and JV-44 (Candy Cane) FW-190D9.

Personally, I think that the 21c MIG with the most interesting story is the "North Korean" aircraft, which was flown by the Russian pilot Yevgeny Pepelyaev, the top Russian ace in Korea.
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Re: Chinese MiG-15 #4117 Korean War

Post by Folkwulfe » Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:30 pm

"4117" is a popular paint scheme of the Mig-15bis used by the Chinese PLAAF in a field-applied camo scheme used by night fighters. There is no real history of a 4117 serving, but it's rumored that it probably participated towards the end of the Korean Conflict. Several Mig-15bis fighters are painted in the same scheme at air parks throughout Europe and Asia....probably why 21C selected that paint for one of their models.
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Re: Chinese MiG-15 #4117 Korean War

Post by dragon53 » Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:41 pm

GUYS:

I posted the question because I saw a website with photos of a Czech MiG-15 on display in the Chinese #4117 paint scheme saying the real #4117 probably saw combat in Korea. Also, the #4117 artwork is posted on one of the websites showing varying paint schemes of military aircraft, but it was stated little is known about #4117.

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Re: Chinese MiG-15 #4117 Korean War

Post by rschaap » Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:58 am

You would think there would be more information on the aircraft given the different scales offered in the same paint scheme. It peeked my curiosity when I first saw the model, however like you I found no information on the actual plane. I saw the repaint on a couple of websites (here is one).
http://www2.airliners.net/photo/China-- ... b2209af283

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Re: Chinese MiG-15 #4117 Korean War

Post by dragon53 » Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:24 am

RSCHAAP:

Yep, that's one of the websites I posted about. There's definitely a Korean War mythology connected with #4117....but whether it's true or not is to be determined.

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Re: Chinese MiG-15 #4117 Korean War

Post by normandy » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:41 pm

I haven't found any information on the 1:1 chinese Mig
but I got the 1:18 model for $15.00 from the Monkey Depot sale. :D

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Re: Chinese MiG-15 #4117 Korean War

Post by alton » Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:53 am

Nice post. I like it. Thanks for sharing these information. Keep it up. :P
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