TF-104G 28+27 display at "Technik-Museum Speyer" with WTD 61 marks 2016

TF-104G, construction number 583F-5957, company model 583-10-20, built by Messerschmitt
manufactured by Lockheed, Messerschmitt (ARGE-Süd) and VFW; assembled by Messerschmitt-Manching starting June 16, 1967
(planned assembly at Palmdale with factory code KF+257 was canceled) 
coded KE+115 on June 19, 1967; recoded KE+215 on July 24, 1967 due to code conflict; first flight September 5, 1967 at Manching AB
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; acceptance date October 31, 1967 by BABwMTT with 4:05 flight hours 
BB+127 WaSLw 10 at Jever AB delivery date on November 29, 1967
28+27 at RAF Valley on August 9, 1975 with WaSLw 10; JaboG 34 at Memmingen AB on March 7, 1983; ErpSt 61 at Manching AB on October 21, 1985
withdrawn from use and stored at LwSchleuse 11 on January 19, 1987 with 2.737 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) May 19, 1988
preserved Flug- und Technik-Museum, Speyer der Pfalz-Flugzeugwerke July 18,1988 with WTD 61 marks
"Technik-Museum Speyer" hanging from the roof inside a hangar in 2003 noted; November 2014 noted; displayed outside on stilts August 2015 first noted; May 2023 last noted.

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