F-104G "FN-N" RNoAF Bodo AB 1964

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
after it was declared write-off the Air Force decided to use it as instructional airframe at the LTB school at Kjevik, where it arrived 10 October 1978
Eventually it was phased out and transported in 1985 to a scrap dealer at Sorum who sold it to a scrap dealer (Ring Teigen) in Hokksund.
This company decided to cut off the forward part (canopy + cockpit) and to scrap the rest of the aircraft.
In May 1985 this forward section was bought by collector Jens Rino Haugen who took it to his hometown Froland.
He also demonstrated this cockpit in 1988 at Setermoen. In 1998 he sold the cockpit-section to Erling Revheim, living in Bergen.
Erling still has this forward section at home today in his private collection; January 2009 reported; June 2018 noted.

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