F-104G 26+63 MFG 2 passing drilling rigs in the North Sea

construction number 683D-7409, model 683-10-19, built by MBB
manufactured by South Group (ARGE-Süd) & VFW; assembly start September 22, 1971 as attrition replacement aircraft
assembly in Fighter-Bomber version according contract lot 5; first flight November 22, 1971 at MBB
modification level "Neptun" as Fighter-Bomber (for German Navy) with AS.30 and "Kormoran" anti-ship missile delivery system
Navy camouflage scheme TA-196-3 "Norm 76"; acceptance date April 28, 1972 by GPS-MBB
26+63 MFG 1 delivery date on May 4, 1972; MFlgLehrGrp Sylt on February 8, 1977; MFG 1 on August 3, 1979; MFG 2 at Eggebek AB September 23, 1981
"Vikings" with a colorful paint scheme, symbolizing the colors of Schleswig-Holstein for the F-104 Farewell on September 11, 1986
stored in Navy camouflage scheme TA-196-3 at LwSchleuse 11 with 2.052 flight hours November 26, 1986; struck off charge order February 24, 1988
to Hellenic Air Force on April 27, 1988 and stored at Athens; coded "FG-7409" for 116.Pterix (Wing) at Araxos AB in 1992
withdrawn from use in 1993; stored Agrinion AB (LGAG) April 1996; stored at Agrinion AB in 2001; at Agrinion AB November 7, 2009 last noted

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