CF-104 733 "A" 441 Sqn of 1 Canadian Air Group based at CAFB Sollingen, Germany; 3-ship formation take off with full power during NATO Tactical Air Meet'78 at Wildenrath (EDUW) in June 1978

CF-104, Canadair model CL-90, Lockheed model 683-04-12, Canadair construction number 683A-1033, RCAF serial number 12733, built by Canadair
first flight February 21, 1962; received as 12733 June 21, 1962; first unit 6 ST/R OTU; reserialed as 104733 effective June 1970; May 1976 at Twenthe AB for Tactical Weapon Meet,
aircraft wore "1 CAG" in red on white wingtip tanks for the Tactical Weapons Meet, wore a large grey "A" behind flag and above serial on tail for 441 Squadron's team during
Tactical Air Meet'78 at RAF Wildenrath Germany, June 1978; participated in the 1980 Tactical Air Meet at Ramstein AB. It wore a large "A" on the tail and
a red maple leaf on the tip tanks with a stylized blue "1 Canadian Air Group" superimposed on it Each "i" was dotted with a small red maple leaf
to Turkey on March 18, 1986 with 5.408 flight hours (TuAF serial number 62-733); 104733 was allocated to the Turkish 181 Filo of 8.Jet Airbase at Diyarbakir in the South East coded "8-733"
May 17, 1990 to 182 Filo; withdrawn from use with 182 Filo at Diyarbakir AB August 27, 1993 with 6,655 flight hours; during its service in Turkey it flew 1,247 flight hours averaging 
approximately 178 flight hours per year during that time; storage at Eskisehir still coded "8-733"
preserved Turkish Musee Militaire (Askeri Müzesi), Istanbul, Turkey coded as "8-733" October 1995 first noted; July 2. 2008 noted; May 2023 last noted.

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