RF-104G 21+23 MFG 2 Eggebek AB 1984

construction number 683D-6678, model 683-04-10, built by FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino)
manufactured by Italian Group (ARGE-Italien); RF-104G first flight May 22, 1965 coded KC+157 at FIAT, Turin-Caselle
project "Earl" (for MFG 2) as RF-104G with AS.30 and "Kormoran" anti-ship missile delivery system installed
camouflage scheme TA-196 "Norm 62"; acceptance date July 27, 1965 by BABwFIAT
VB+218 MFG 2 delivery date on July 27, 1965
21+23 Navy camouflage scheme TA-196-3 "Norm 76" in 1971
MBB on March 27, 1979 modified to MARINE-Recce version TA-1401 with Side Oblique Camera (SOC) KS-87B; back to MFG 2 on May 31,1979
withdrawn from use and stored at LwSchleuse 11 on July 29, 1986; struck off charge order December 6, 1986
with 3.061 flight hours to Hellenic Air Force coded "FG-6678" on December 16, 1986 to 335 Mira (Squadron) of 116 Pterix (Wing) at Araxos AB
withdrawn from use in 1993; used as instructional airframe by the Air Force Academy for several years
fuselage at Dekelia AB November 8, 2000 coded FG-678 noted; dismantled September 17, 2005 noted
taken by the HAF Museum and refurbished using the rear fuselage of F-104G construction number 6699
mounted on a pylon at the village of Athikia, Corinthia some 12 km S from Corinth town (Corinth Canal) in silver livery
installed in this position on June 23, 2009; July 11, 2009 last noted

Athikia, Corinthia was the birth place of a couple of Hellenic Air Force pilots that lost their lives in the past
and the 6678 was put there as a monument to honor them

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