F-104G "21+73", ex 22+65 at Baarlo in BMW garage of Piet Smedts 2016

F-104G, construction number 683D-7146, company model 683-10-19, built by Messerschmitt (MTT)
assembly start at Messerschmitt-Manching January 15, 1964; assembly in Fighterbomber version according contract lot 5; first flight March 24, 1964 coded KE+446
project "Diana" in Fighterbomber version (for JaboG 34) with installed M61 20 mm Vulcan machine gun
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; acceptance date on August 21, 1964 by BABwMTT
DD+247 JaboG 34 at Memmingen AB delivery date on August 25, 1964; IRAN at SABCA on August 8, 1967 with 405 flight hours
22+65 back to JaboG 34 on March 3, 1968; IRAN at SABCA on October 19, 1971, back to JaboG 34 on January 18, 1972
EL-70/EL-73 Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) system was installed in the weapon system in the late 70s with tech order "TA-FL1191"
operated with flightdate and crash recorder LEADS 200 according tech order "TA-1411"; "Norm 83" camouflage scheme February 14, 1983; stored LwSchleuse 11 on March 21, 1985
JaboG 34 on October 17, 1985; TechnGrp 11 "F-104 Kommando" at Erding AB in 1987
withdrawn from use and stored at LwSchleuse 11 on November 3, 1987 with 3.368 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) January 13, 1988
BDRT reserve airframe at Fassberg AB May 5, 1989 (seen in March 2001) with training aid code "C048"; dump at Fassberg AB 2002; to Bergheim-Pfaffendorf October 23, 2002
private owned by Mr. Berendes in Automuseum Berendes at Bergheim-Pfaffendorf
lifted on a metal frame on May 7, 2004, badge of LVR 1 "F-104-Kommando", June 18, 2009 noted; March 2014 last noted
stored at Baarlo in BMW garage owned by Piet Smedts February 2015 noted; at Baarlo coded as "21+73" with JaboG 31 marks April 2016 noted; July 2023 last noted.

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