TF-104G 27+29 WaSLw 10 on final at Jever AB

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5731, company model 583-10-20, US serial number 61-3060, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); assembly at Lockheed-Palmdale; Lockheed test flights at Palmdale coded with US serial number "61-3060"
acceptance date March 27, 1963 by BABwLockheed; to Germany coded KE+231; airlifted to Manching on April 25, 1963 with CL-44D airfreighter
DA+060 coded for reassembly and test flight on September 19, 1963; camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"
EA+372 AG 51 at Ingolstadt-Manching AB delivery date on October 29, 1963 at Manching AB
27+29 JaboG 32 at Lechfeld AB on November 20, 1970; JaboG 34 at Memmingen AB on March 5, 1971; WaSLw 10 at Jever AB on March 24, 1971; JaboG 33 at Buchel AB on April 3, 1980
withdrawn from use and stored in airworthy condition as attrition reserve aircraft at LwSchleuse 11 on April 6, 1981; struck off charge order (AVA) May 28, 1982
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Turkish Air Force on May 4, 1982 with 2.252 flight hours with TuAF serial number 63-5731; 6.AJU September 1987-April 1988 coded "6-731"
crashed April 4, 1988; wreck seen in 1989 at Bandirma dump; scrapped.

6-731 encountered a nose gear collapse at the runway of homebase Bandirma. Both pilots could step out. 
The aircraft was declared damaged beyond economical repair and was stripped and scrapped later.

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