F-104G "13252" (63-13252) 4510th CCTW Luke AFB, delivering a practice bomb at Gila Bend Bombing Range 1966

F-104G, construction number 683-2036, company model 683-10-19, US serial number 63-13252, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); assembly in Fighterbomber version according contract lot 4
flight test release October 27, 1961; flown with register number "136" for test flights
project "42" as Fighterbomber (for JaboG 31) with Vulcan M61 20 mm machine gun installed and long range tanks as loose parts
KF+112 accepted by BABwLockheed for delivery with 19:55 flight hours and shipped in boxes to Bremerhaven, Germany on January 2, 1962
transported to Messerschmitt-Manching for reassembly and test flight on April 7, 1962
DA+240 JaboG 31 "Boelcke" at Norvenich AB delivery date on May 7, 1962 in Silver-finish colors
planned for project "Columbus" on November 15, 1962; March 6, 1963 to Messerschmitt for disassembly
coded BG+128 airlifted on April 5, 1963 to Lockheed-Burbank according project "Columbus"; reassembled and modified to the latest modification level at Lockheed-Palmdale
 operated by the 4510th CCTW at Luke AFB (German shadow serial number 2029, never used for registration) in USAF Silver-finish color scheme coded 13252
withdrawn from use and stored in airworthy condition as attrition reserve aircraft in 1977 with 2.811 flight hours; back to flying status
and on May 18, 1978 F-104G serial number 63-13252, 58th TFTW, crashed at Luke AFB, unknown circumstances,
it was a code "201" (repairable) accident; long term storage after May 1978; struck off charge order (AVA) January 24, 1983
sold to USAF 1983 with "Phase I" lot; to ROCAF in 1983 with 3.295 flight hours under project "Ali Shan No.8"
MAP (Military Assistance Program) coded "4373" to 42 TFS of 2 Wing of ROCAF at Hsinchu AB in 1985
"4373" crashed near Dongyin during an aerial interception exercise with 42 TFS from Hsinshu AB on August 19, 1988 after an engine failure
the pilot Yao Qiyi ejected at low altitude over open water. He was rescued by an S-70C helicopter and transported to the Taipei Air Force General Hospital. 
Due to compression fractures of the 11th and 12th vertebra, he stayed in the hospital for half a year. Unable to return to the flight duty, he left the military in August 1994.

Project "42": 42 aircraft (hence the name of the project!) for JaboG 31 (FBW 31) at Norvenich in Fighterbomber version with built-in Vulcan M61 20 mm machine gun, 
long-range tanks as loose parts.

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