RF-104G EB+110 AG 52 (Recce Wing 52) 1967

RF-104G, construction number 683D-8208, company model 683-04-10, built by Fokker
manufactured by North Group (ARGE-Nord); KG+308 first flight January 16, 1964 at Fokker-Schiphol
to Avio Diepen on January 16, 1964 for RF-104G photoreconnaissance version modifications according project "Recce"; back to Fokker on February 20,1964
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; acceptance date May 25, 1964 by BABwFokker (RNAF-MTA) with 6:00 flight hours
LVR 3 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) at Manching AB delivery date on June 3, 1964 for modifications
EB+110 AG 51 "Immelmann" at Ingolstadt-Manching AB delivery date on September 3, 1965; AG 52 at Leck AB on June 29, 1966
IRAN at SABCA on May 9, 1967 with 177 flight hours, back to AG 52 on June 7, 1967
24+60 in 1971 modified to Fighterbomber version F-104G at LVR 3; JaboG 34 at Memmingen AB on March 13, 1972
operated with flightdate and crash recorder LEADS 200 according tech order "TA-1411"
heavily damaged October 8, 1980 after midair collision with 26+35 (construction number 9187) over CAF Sollingen Airbase,
emergency landing at Memmingen AB, pilot was unhurt, damaged beyond repair (DBR)
BDRT airframe at Memmingen AB, struck off charge order (AVA) July 3, 1981, LVR 1 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 1) in 1989
sold on September 13, 1990 to TESTFUCHS company, Groß-Siegharts, Austria in blue camouflage scheme, transported on October 17, 1991
coded "3812" (Postal code for Groß-Siegharts) displayed on pole at Groß-Siegharts, Austria
private owned by Testfuchs company in blue grey color scheme coded "38-12" 2001 noted; September 2007 noted coded "38-12"; April 2024 noted.

Project "Recce": included 66 RF-104G from ARGE-Nord, which were converted to RF-104G before delivery. They were mainly intended for the second squadron of WaSLw 10, AG 51, AG 52 and project Columbus.

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