CF-104 "898" RCAF 1 Wing CFB Lahr, Germany of 1 Air Division 1967

CF-104, Canadair model CL-90, Lockheed model 683-04-12, Canadair construction number 683A-1198, RCAF serial number 12898, built by Canadair
taken on service by RCAF serial number 12898 July 4, 1963; first unit 1 Wing Marville, France of 1 Air Division; with 1 Wing of 1 CAG at Lahr on December 31, 1965
crashed into hill on a photo recce mission in very marginal weather 35 NM North-East of Frankfurt, Germany after hitting a tree in poor weather conditions on a Forward Air Controller (FAC) mission
near Betzenrod on June 24, 1968, pilot did not observe the weather minimum (CFIT), operated with 439 squadron of 1 Wing at Lahr, Germany
pilot did not eject and was killed, Lockheed C-2 seat, written off, struck off service July 11, 1968.

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