F-104G "DA+06" decoy at Norvenich AB 1977

RF-104G, construction number 683D-8247, company model 683-04-10, built by Fokker
manufactured by North Group (ARGE-Nord); first flight April 9, 1964 coded KG+347 at Fokker-Schiphol
to Avio Diepen for RF-104G modifications April 9, 1964 with project "Bacchus II" (for 522 squadron of AG 52)
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"
acceptance date by BABwFokker (RNAF-MTA) August 31, 1964 with 6:20 flight hours
LVR 3 Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) at Manching AB on September 11, 1964 for modifications and systems upgrading
EB+240 AG 52 at Leck AB delivery date on November 26, 1964
IRAN at SABCA on April 19, 1966 with 187 flight hours, back to AG 52 on February 1, 1967
24+94 IRAN at SABCA on June 26, 1969 with 685 flight hours, back to AG 52 on September 2, 1969
modified to AWX (All Weather Fighter) version F-104G at MBB in September 1971; JG 74 at Neuburg AB on March 1, 1972
withdrawn from use at LVR 1 on December 4, 1974 with 1.410 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) December 4, 1973
decoy at Norvenich AB coded "DA+06" in January 1977
BRDT at Fassberg AB April 18, 1984; scrapped in April 1989; fuselage stored at Fassberg in 1990
cockpit saved by Werner Türk, 2008 noted; in December 2023 donated to Ralf Pasbach in Erndtebrück
preserved in the former CRC "Bunker Erich" Erndtebrück, Germany (CRC "Loneship"); display in April 2024 noted.

Project "Bacchus II": 21 RF-104G from the ARGE-Nord, which were converted to RF-104G for the 2.Staffel (Squadron) of AG 52 at Leck AB.

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