F-104G "FN-N" RNoAF Bodo AB 1963

F-104G, construction number 683C-4040, model 683-10-19, US serial number 62-12238, built by Lockheed
RF-104G MAP to Norway coded "FN-N" August 7, 1963 with 36 flight hours to 331 squadron
first Starfighter to take off from Bodø was the FN-N on August 12, 1963, modified to F-104G in August 1963, coded "238" from September 1, 1972
"238" was written off after nose gear-up landing and net barrier engagement at Ramstein AB, Germany on January 17, 1978 with 2.953 flight hours
stopped in the field 30 meters off runway, the plane landed hard with only its nose gear extended.
It skidded along the length of the runway, was caught in the safety net and came to a stop in a field about 30 meters off the runway.
The pilot was unhurt. The fighter was written off and brought to Kjevik, Norway for technical training, scrapped 1984: at Jens Rino Haugen private collection from 1984-1989
the cockpit-section exists today in Asane area, 10 km NE of Bergen with a private collector Erling Revheim; 1989 first noted; July 2018 noted.

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