MiG-21M
The 19 IAP at Graf Ignatievo took delivery of (again) twelve MiG-21M type 96 aircraft from batch 6 and 7 in August 1969. These were followed by three batch 23 aircraft in early 1970 (build 1969). All aircraft received a three-digit bortnumber. Five were lost in crashes (of which two were fatal) before the type was phased out at Uzundzhovo with 21 IAP in 1990. Another five were scrapped at Graf Ignatievo with a further five surviving to this day at Graf Ignatievo, Krumovo or Uzundzhovo.
Picture: guarding the gate at the deserted base of Uzundzhovo is MiG-21M 960611/411.
Bulgarian AF MiG-21M numbers
Note: on paper (not on the aircraft itself) the s/n is prefixed 96
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serialnumber
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bord
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delivery date
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remarks
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0608
|
108
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August 1969
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Graf Ignatievo
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0609
|
209
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August 1969
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scrapped
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0610
|
310
|
August 1969
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scrapped
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0611
|
411
|
August 1969
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Uzundzhovo
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0612
|
512
|
August 1969
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crashed 03 November 1971
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0613
|
613
|
August 1969
|
Krumovo Museum
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0614
|
714
|
August 1969
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crashed 26 August 1974
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|
0615
|
815
|
August 1969
|
crashed 17 September 1980
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0701
|
101
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August 1969
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crashed 21 June 1977
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0702
|
202
|
August 1969
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scrapped
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|
0703
|
303
|
August 1969
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scrapped
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|
0704
|
404
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August 1969
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crashed 17 June 1984
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|
2309
|
109
|
August 1970
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scrapped
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2310
|
210
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August 1970
|
Graf Ignatievo
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|
2311
|
311
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August 1970
|
Graf Ignatievo TEREM
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Note: In a hangar at Graf Ignatievo/TEREM seven unidentified MiG-21s are stored. So more Ms might have survived........
