F-104C "70911" (57-0911) 436th TFS "Black Aces" (as Nr.2)

F-104C, construction number 183-1228, model 483-04-05, serial number 57-0911, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft, Burbank CA and delivered to the USAF on April 16, 1959; October 1959 to 479th Tactical Fighter Wing (Tactical Air Command), George AFB, CA
434th TFS August 14, 1961 to Moron AB, Spain, September 25, 1961 to Bitburg AB, Germany until December 17, 1961; 436 TFS at DaNang AB in 1965
written off January 11, 1966 after a precautionary landing pattern with a hard landing hitting the ground 500 feet short of the RWY,
with bent gear a precautionary ejection in a designated bail-out area near George AFB was ordered; the pilot ejected safely, 435 TFS.

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