F-104G 25+64 JG 74

construction number 683D-9010, model 683-10-19*, built by SABCA
manufactured by West Group (ARGE-West)
assembly start July 5, 1962 at SABCA, Gosselies, Belgium, with parts manufactured by Lockheed and several European factories
acceptance date by BABwSABCA not known; first flight January 11, 1963 coded with construction number "9010"
total of 8 factory test flights and 10 military test flights with 23 flight hours; coded KH+110 ready at SABCA on April 11, 1963
JA+246 JG 71 delivery date on April 26, 1963; camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order TA-196 in October 1964 at VFW
IRAN SABCA on April 21, 1966 with 244 flight hours
coded JD+258 to JG 74 on March 21, 1967
25+64 withdrawn from use at LVR 1 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 1) on May 16, 1973 with 1.350 flight hours
instructional airframe at DFVLR-Braunschweig without code in 1973
November 15, 1977 ferried with a RNoAF C-130 Hercules to Bodo AB, Norway
 coded "104" on pole as Gate Guard for the 331 sqn RNoAF at Bodø AB; painted in "Norwegian look" 1977
undergoing restoration and repaint at Bodø air station in 2005
aircraft was painted in a different markings as 'FN-B' F-104G 61-2626
remounted on pole again May 22, 2006; March 9, 2007 last noted

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