F-104F 29+05 WaSLw 10 (OTU 10) at Jever AB

F-104F, construction number 283-5054, company model 483-04-08, US serial number 59-5001, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Cooperation (LAC), Burbank; first flight 1960 with US serial number coded "59-5001"
shipped in boxes to Bremerhaven; Germany coded BB+367; via rail road to Messerschmitt-Norvenich on May 20, 1960 for reassembly; Messerschmitt test flight August 5, 1960
WaSLw 10 (OTU Operational Training Unit) at Norvenich AB delivery date on September 13, 1960; February 9, 1964 the "II. Ausbildungsgruppe WaSLw 10" relocated from Norvenich to Jever AB
29+05 1969 to Messerschmitt-Augsburg for J79-MAN-J1K engine installation tests, on the road to Messerschmitt-Manching on December 2, 1969
on the road to LwDpInstGrp 1 at Erding AB on December 21, 1970; road show "Unsere Luftwaffe" on April 15, 1971; struck off charge order (AVA) June 29, 1971
stored at JaboG 31 with training aid code "C070"
display on pole Kalkar barracks "Von Seydlitz Kaserne" 3.LwDiv Headquarters coded "42+59" (PLZ Kalkar-old zip code of Kalkar) in 1975; "29+05" in 1989 in "Lizard" camouflage scheme
2002 display on pole Kalkar barracks "Von Seydlitz Kaserne" (Kommando Operative Führung der Luftstreitkräfte (KdoOpFüLuSK))
in standard camouflage scheme; at Jever AB for restoration in 2006, May 18, 2006 last noted; back preserved at Kalkar inside “Von Seydlitz Kaserne” since February 2008; April 2023 last noted.

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