F-104G "AVIODROME", ex 22+90 at Lelystad, Netherlands 2013

F-104G, construction number 683D-7173, company model 683-10-19, built by Messerschmitt (MTT)
manufactured by South Group (ARGE-Süd); assembly start at Messerschmitt-Manching May 14, 1964; assembly in Fighterbomber version according contract lot 6
project "Diana" in Fighterbomber version (for JaboG 34) with installed Vulcan M61 20 mm machine gun
first flight July 24, 1964 coded KE+473; camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; acceptance date October 8, 1964 by BABwMTT
DD+125 JaboG 34 at Memmingen AB delivery date on October 16, 1964
22+90 IRAN at SABCA on July 16, 1971 with 1186 flight hours, back to JaboG 34 on October 13, 1971
EL-70/EL-73 Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) system was installed in the weapon system in the late 70s with tech order "TA-FL1191"
withdrawn from use at LwSchleuse 11 on June 26, 1987 with 3.692 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) January 13, 1988
BDRT reserve airframe at Fassberg AB on June 5, 1989 with training aid code "C043"; 1996 BDRT airframe at Neuburg AB
November 6, 1999 stored at Baarlo at BMW garage of Piet Smedts, sold by Piet Smedts to the Aviodrome museum in June 2003
to Aviodrome at Lelystad AP in summer 2004; on display in front of the Aviodrome at Lelystad, painted "AVIODROME" on a red fuselage July 29, 2005; November 2023 last noted.

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