CF-104 "R-757" 726 Esk RDAF at Twenthe AB 1981

CF-104, Canadair model CL-90, Lockheed model 683-04-12, Canadair construction number 683A-1057, RCAF serial number 12757, built by Canadair
first flight March 9, 1962, taken on service April 19, 1962 after 6 flights with 9:15 flight hours; May 3, 1962 delivery date to 6 ST/R OUT at Cold Lake; March 27, 1964 to 1 Wing, Marville, France
October 1, 1965 to 4 Wing, Sollingen; July 28,1970 renumbered from RCAF 12757; ferry flown from Lahr, Germany to SAL, Prestwick September 11, 1970 (this was the last flight of 757 for CAF)
in storage at Scottish Aviation, Prestwick, UK; struck of service September 17, 1971; September 24, 1971 to Lockheed for MAP modifications
to Denmark coded R-757 delivery date May 17, 1972 with 1.841 hours; Esk 726 on January 9, 1975; last flight June 30, 1983; wfu July 1, 1983 with 3.622 flight hours
February 4, 1986 transported to Flyvestation Tirstrup for BDRT training; after closure of Flyvestation Tirstrup instructional airframe (BDRT training aid) at Karup Air Base April 21, 1997; Karup storage 2006
the wings are educational material at a university nowadays, part of "Flyvevabnets Historiske Samling", May 3, 2006 last noted; fuselage to local scrap dealer in Denmark 2006 (name, place and date unknown), scrapped in October 2010.

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