F-104S "53-16" 21°Gruppo of 53°Stormo from Cameri AB during Tiger Meeting 1980

F-104S, construction number 783-1107, serial number MM6807, model 783, built by Aeritalia
built at Fiat-Alenia; delivery date January 29, 1973; 36°Stormo 12°Gruppo 36-10 4.11.1973-4.11.1975; 4°Stormo 9°Gruppo 4-1 1976-1977
1. IRAN till 27.2.1978; 53°Stormo 21°Gruppo delivery date 27.2.1978; 53-16 18.4.1979-19.5.1982; 2.IRAN 19.5.1982-21.3.1983
36°Stormo 12°Gruppo 36-11 31.03.1983-01.1988; 3.IRAN+ F-104S.ASA conversion 20.5.1987-26.10.1988
delivery date 7.11.1988 to 5°Stormo 23°Gruppo; 5-41 20.4.1989-15.10.1993; storage 7.11.1991-22.12.1995, 3.098 flight hours
withdrawn from use at Rimini AB  1995; dump Cervia for CFE treaty 5.4.2001; to scrap dealer at Bentivoglio where it was first noted in July 2003
received a tail from MM6789 and radome from MM6915
since August 2007 it is seen on display at the entrance of a car-dealer in Avola still coded with serial 5-41 and 101 Gruppo markings on its nose
near Catania (Sicily); 5-41 at Avola, Sicily 23. February 2013 noted; 2023 noted.

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