| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 125 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 |
| Aircraft Version: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis |
| C/n (msn): | 75014178 |
| Operator Titles: | Croatia - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Gornja Stubica / Spomen park Rudolf Perešin [ Off-Airport ] |
| Country: | Croatia |
| Photo Date: | 6 November 2022 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 626534 |
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This Fishbed is preserved as part of a memorial park to Rudolf Perešin, a Croatian fighter pilot serving in the Yugoslav AF (JRZ) during the 1991-95 Croatian War of Independence. Perešin defected to the Croatian side in October 1991 by flying his MiG-21 from Željava AB to Klagenfurt, Austria.. He was the first pilot to desert from the JRZ. and following his defection he continued to fly missions for the Croatian AF. He was shot down and killed in May 1995 by Serbian Krajina military forces. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 3 December 2023, and has since been viewed 435 times. |