F-104G 24+06 JaboG 33 takes off with max power during NATO Tactical Air Meet 78 at RAF Wildenrath; exercise ID-letter "D" on tail

construction number 683D-8144, model 683-04-10, built by Fokker
manufactured by North Group (ARGE-Nord); first flight September 5, 1963 coded KG+244
to Fokker-Weserflug in August 1963 for RF-104G modifications according project "Bacchus"
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order TA-196; acceptance date by BABwFokker (RNAF-MTA) on October 29, 1963
EA+234 AG 51 delivery date on November 6, 1963; 1967 tail and wing heavily damaged during emergency landing at Ramstein AB
24+06 repaired at Messerschmitt and back to AG 51 on July 20, 1967; JaboG 34 on August 28, 1970; AG 52 on March 3, 1971
modified to Fighter-Bomber version F-104G in July 1971 at MBB; JaboG 32 on January 13, 1972; JaboG 36 on September 9, 1974
JaboG 33 on December 9, 1974; Deci in 1977; back to JaboG 33 in July 1977; JaboG 31 on March 10, 1981; JaboG 32 on April 25, 1983
withdrawn from use and stored at LwSchleuse 11 on August 25, 1983; struck off charge order December 18, 1984
with 3.173 flight hours as "Verteidigungshilfe" (Defense aid) to Turkish Air Force (TuAF serial number 63-8144)
coded "4-144" to 4 AJU at Murted AB on February 25, 1985
scrapped in August 1995 at Eskisehir AB (1.Air Supply and Maintenance Center)

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