F-104G 21+60 JaboG 31 at Norvenich AB 1980 ready for take off (note the "Fly United" goose mark in front of the intake)

F-104G, construction number 683D-7029, company model 683-10-19, built by Messerschmitt (MTT)
manufactured by South Group (ARGE-Süd); assembly by Messerschmitt-Manching starting June 28, 1962 with parts from Lockheed; assembly in Fighterbomber version according lot 1
first flight October 11, 1962 coded KE+329; acceptance date April 26, 1963 by BABwMTT
project "Replace" with modification as Fighterbomber (for JaboG 31) with Vulcan M61 20 mm machine gun installed and long range tanks as loose parts; DA+121 JaboG 31 at Norvenich AB delivery date on May 3, 1963
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196" on May 16, 1966 during IRAN at SABCA with 284 flight hours, back to JaboG 31 on March 23, 1967
21+60 withdrawn from use and stored as reserve aircraft at LwSchleuse 11 on April 8, 1981 with 2.596 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) October 2, 1984
BDRT reserve airframe for TSLw 3 at Fassberg AB on November 19, 1984 (road transport) with training aid code "C050"; to Baarlo, Netherlands on November 6, 1999 (tail of construction number 8270)
stored at Baarlo in garage of Piet Smedts on November 6, 1999; storage area of Piet Smedts at Kessel, district Limburg June 2004
display for sale (stored) at Baarlo coded "DA+225" March 2015 noted
"DA+225", ex 21+60 transported to Manro-Classic Auto & Musik Museum, near Salzburg on October 17, 2017
December 23, 2020 on display ground outside the museum; August 2021 last noted; February 2023 last noted.

Project "Replace": 21 aircrafts (partly with and partly without test flights) were stored with a long-term preservation for the purpose 
of a later upgrade and transfer to the BABwMTT for storage at Manching AB. 19 aircraft were later upgraded when enough retrofit kits were available.

copyright © Günter Grondstein

Claim of fame: June 24, till July 3, 2014 coded "DA+225" and "DA+227" at former GAF AB Rheine-Hopsten (closed) for RTL movie scenes:
"Starfighter-Sie wollten den Himmel erobern"

zapped "Goose" marks saying: "Fly United"