F-104G "626" 331 Skv (squadron) of RNoAF about to touch down at IAT Greenham Common 1977

RF-104G, construction number 683C-4026, model 683-04-10, US serial number 61-2626, built by Lockheed
RF-104G MAP to Norway coded "FN-B" on August 7, 1963; arrived on USS Croatan at Agag harbor, Bodø, Norway with 16 flight hours
operated by 331 squadron at Bodø AB on August 10, 1963; it also had a RF-104G camera housing like lots of the early Norwegian Starfighter did
modified to F-104G in 1963 during the first maintenance cycle; coded "626" on September 1, 1972; coded as "626" returned to USAF inventory on June 30, 1981 with 3.384 flight hours
flew from Norway to RAF Sculthorpe, UK on June 29, 1981; there it was prepared for delivery to Turkey
it flew with Turkish markings from RAF Sculthorpe on July 8, 1981 via Grosseto AB (night stop) to Murted Air Base where it arrived on July 9, 1981
MAP to Turkish Air Force (TuAF serial number 61-2626); coded "4-626" of 141 Filo on July 8, 1981 until June 1983; coded "9-626" seen June 1986 until July 1987; 1987 last noted; scrapped.

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