F-104F BF+011 at TSLw 1 Kaufbeuren AB with F-104D "single piece" canopy 1960 F-104F, construction number 283-5047, company model 483-04-08, US serial number 59-4994, built by Lockheed manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation (LAC), Burbank; acceptance date September 22, 1959 without test flights; with USAF serial number coded "59-4994" and with F-104D canopy version used as instructional airframe (GIA) at Palmdale for German technical personal airlifted to TSLw 1 at Kaufbeuren on January 18, 1960; coded BF+011 instructional airframe (GIA) with TSLw 1 without test flights; May 25, 1961 modified to F-104F standards at Messerschmitt to Messerschmitt January 1961 for several modification tests; camouflage trials in December 1963; first flight on February 13, 1964 BB+375 ErpSt 61 at Manching AB delivery date on July 20, 1964; WaSLw 10 (OTU Operational Training Unit) at Jever AB on March 4, 1965 camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196" in 1965/66 coded 29+01 in May 1968; withdrawn from use (grounded) in April 1971 according government orders; struck off charge order (AVA) June 29, 1971 in 1971 to road show "Unsere Luftwaffe"; noted at ILA in Hannover April 20, 1972 without engine scrapped at LVR 3 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) at Erding AB in 1973; dump at Erding AB May 18, 1974 last noted; scrapped. copyright © Mühlböck collection