F-104G "9-192", ex 22+44 preserved Balikesir city park 2008

construction number 683D-7122, model 683-10-19, built by Messerschmitt
manufactured by South Group (ARGE-Süd); assembly by Messerschmitt-Manching starting September 23, 1963 according contract lot 4; first flight February 21, 1964 coded KE+422
project "Diana" in Fighter-Bomber version (for JaboG 34) with installed Vulcan M61 20 mm machine gun
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order TA-196; acceptance date April 6, 1964 by BABwMTT
DD+114 JaboG 34 delivery date on April 6, 1964
22+44 on loan LwSchleuse 11 on March 21, 1985; new camouflage scheme "Norm 83" in July 1985
LVR 1 (TechnGrp 11) "F-104 Kommando" on September 18, 1987
withdrawn from use at LwSchleuse 11 on February 15, 1988 with 3.756 flight hours; struck off charge order February 24, 1988
to Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri ) on June 14, 1988 (with TuAF serial number 64-7122)
4 AJU July 1988-March 1989 noted; 9 AJU June 1989-August 1992 coded as "9-122"
display on poles at Balikesir city in the Kemal Ataturk Park in August 1993 noted; May 15, 2006 last noted
airbrush paintings "191 and 192" with a large Cobra and Tiger head 2007; repainted 2008 with squadron code "9-191" and "9-192"
new erected in Kemal Ataturk Park on a single pole; August 8, 2008 first noted; June 5, 2011 last noted

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