F-104G 25+73 JaboG 31 at Decimonannu Air Base

construction number 9031, built by SABCA
assembly start at SABCA, Gosselies March 27, 1963
first flight May 30, 1963 with construction number "9031" in AWX (All Weather Fighter)-version
camouflage scheme TA-196 "Norm 62", delivery date July 8, 1963 coded KH+119
LVR 3 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) for upgrading on July 31, 1963
Messerschmitt on April 2, 1964 for modification to Fighter Bomber version
YA+114 ErpSt 61 on September 25, 1964
DA+108 JaboG 31 on December 21, 1967
25+73 crashed September 4, 1975 shortly after take-off from Decimomannu AB, Sardegna
after engine failure due to compressor stall caused by a screwdriver in the engine intake
pilot ejected safely, struck off charge order January 10, 1977

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