F-104G "D-8286" 322 squadron RNLAF a homebase Leeuwarden

F-104G, construction number 683D-8286, model 683-10-19, built by Fokker
manufactured by North Group (ARGE-Nord); Fokker factory construction number 10736; D-8286 delivery date October 5, 1964
first unit OCU "The Dutch Masters" at Twenthe AB; camouflage scheme in 1966; October 1968 to 322/323 squadrons pool at Leeuwarden AB
September 1978 squadron exchange of 323 Squadron at Leeuwarden AB with Belgium AF 2 Smaldeel at Florennes, flying the Mirage 5
withdrawn from use and delivered to Turkish Air Force (TuAF) December 15, 1980 with serial number 64-8286, flown coded "4-286" in 1980
last noted coded as "9-286" at Balikesir AB on July 2, 1987, preserved on pole at Erzurum, Atatürk Üniversitesi, university campus, September 2005 first noted, December 2007 noted
2010 noted; coded "D-9-286" January 2018 first noted; October 2024 noted.

39°54'5.87"N 41°14'38.47"E

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