F-104G 23+01 LVR 1 (ex JaboG 34) in Norm83 "Lizard" camouflage 1987

construction number 683D-7184, model 683-10-19, built by Messerschmitt
manufactured by South Group (ARGE-Süd); assembly in Fighter-Bomber version according contract lot 7
assembly by Messerschmitt-Manching starting July 17, 1964; first flight October 26, 1964 coded KE+484
project "Diana" in Fighter-Bomber version (for JaboG 34) with installed Vulcan M61 20 mm machine gun
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order TA-196; acceptance date by BABwMTT January 7, 1965
DD+254 JaboG 31 delivery date on February 9, 1965; JaboG 34 on May 3, 1965
IRAN SABCA on July 12, 1968 with 490 flight hours; back to JaboG 34 on October 10, 1968
23+01 operated with flightdate and crash recorder LEADS 200 according TA-1411
new camouflage scheme "Norm 83" on November 14, 1983 at TechnGrp 11
23+01 was the first Memmingen F-104 with "Norm 83" camouflage; LVR 1 "F-104 Kommando" April 23, 1985; JaboG 34 on October 25, 1985
TechnGrp 11 "F-104 Kommando" on September 17, 1987; WTD 61 on July 7, 1988
withdrawn from use 1992 with 3.601 flight hours; struck off charge order November 8, 1989
BDRT airframe at Wittmund AB June 26, 1992; stored at Baarlo, NL at BMW garage of Piet Smedts
storage area of Piet Smedts at Kessel, district Limburg in June 2004 (tail from 23+92)
fuselage stored in the open at Kessels January 2013 last noted

cockpit stored (for restoration) at Waldbrunn, north of Limburg an der Lahn, Westerwald on March 13, 2012
BDRT airframe, fair cockpit condition

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