TF-104G 27+26 WaSLw 10 about to touch down 1982

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5727, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 61-3056, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); assembly at Lockheed-Palmdale; first flight at Palmdale coded with US serial number "61-3056" in 1963
coded KE+227 acceptance date March 21, 1963; airlifted to Messerschmitt-Manching on April 1, 1963 with a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of the "Flying Tiger Line"
coded DA+056 for Messerschmitt assembly and test flights; camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; acceptance date December 20, 1963 by BABwMTT
EB+371 to LVR 3 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) at Manching AB on January 20, 1964 for modifications
EB+372 AG 52 at Leck AB delivery date on July 7, 1965
27+26 WaSLw 10 on September 27, 1971; JaboG 32 on January 20, 1983; JaboG 34 on March 20, 1984
damaged October 19, 1984 due to broken nose wheel on landing at Memmingen AB, pilot ejected safely over the runway; struck off charge order (AVA) March 12, 1985
BDRT airframe Leipheim AB on March 12, 1985, TSLw 3 Fassberg AB in January 1993, BDRT airframe at Memmingen AB on March 17, 1993
dump Memmingen AB October 24, 1997; to scrap dealer in Memmingen, transported to a company in Tübingen
cockpit only (front part) back to Memmingen AB; displayed in the history room coded "34" with JaboG 34 badge, on July 17, 2005 noted; October 2021 stored for display at a new location
November 2023 still stored.

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