F-104G 98+04 taxiing for the last flight

F-104G, construction number 683D-7406, model 683-10-19, built by MBB (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm)
manufactured by South Group (ARGE-Süd) & VFW; assembly start August 31, 1971 as attrition replacement aircraft
first flight October 22, 1971 at MBB; acceptance date December 16, 1971 by GPS-MBB
modification level "Neptun" as Fighterbomber (for German Navy) with AS.30 and
"Kormoran" anti ship missile delivery system; Navy camouflage scheme "Norm 76" according tech order "TA-196-3"
26+60 MFG 1 at Schleswig-Jagel AB delivery date on December 22, 1971; MFG 2 at Eggebek AB on September 1, 1981 until 1987
Luftwaffenschleuse 11 for AN/ALE-40(N) Chaff/Flare countermeasure dispenser equipment according tech order "TA-1469"
on March 11, 1982, back to MFG 2 on May 12, 1982; WTD 61 at Manching AB on March 20, 1987; coded 98+04 on February 4, 1991
last F-104 flight in Germany May 22, 1991 with pilot OTL A. Ewert
instructional airframe at WTD 61 with 2.768 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) January 15, 1992
1997 first noted with training aid code "11"; March 2014 noted; June 2023 noted.

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