RF-104G 24+94 AG 52 loaded on a tank transporter after maintenance to move to Husum AB during runway repairs at Leck AB

RF-104G, construction number 683D-8247, company model 683-04-10, built by Fokker
manufactured by North Group (ARGE-Nord); first flight April 9, 1964 coded KG+347 at Fokker-Schiphol
to Avio Diepen for RF-104G modifications April 9, 1964 with project "Bacchus II" (for 522 squadron of AG 52)
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; acceptance date by BABwFokker (RNAF-MTA) August 31, 1964 with 6:20 flight hours
LVR 3 Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) at Manching AB September 11, 1964 for modifications and systems upgrading
EB+240 AG 52 at Leck AB delivery date on November 26, 1964; IRAN at SABCA on April 19, 1966 with 187 flight hours, back to AG 52 on February 1, 1967
24+94 IRAN at SABCA on June 26, 1969 with 685 flight hours, back to AG 52 on September 2, 1969
modified to AWX (All Weather Fighter) version F-104G at MBB in September 1971; JG 74 at Neuburg AB on March 1, 1972
withdrawn from use at LVR 1 on December 4, 1974 with 1.410 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) December 4, 1973
decoy at Norvenich AB coded "DA+06" in January 1977
BRDT at Fassberg AB April 18, 1984; scrapped in April 1989; fuselage stored at Fassberg in 1990
cockpit saved by Werner Türk, 2008 noted; in December 2023 donated to Ralf Pasbach in Erndtebrück; preserved in the former CRC "Bunker Erich" Erndtebrück, Germany (CRC "Loneship")
display in April 2024 noted.

Project "Bacchus II": 21 RF-104G from the ARGE-Nord, which were converted to RF-104G for the 2.Staffel (Squadron) of AG 52 at Leck AB.

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