CF-104 "733" of the 4 ATAF team during Tactical Weapons Meet 1970 (TWM70) held at Bitburg AB 1970

CF-104, Canadair Model CL-90, Lockheed Model 683-04-12, construction number 683A-1133, built by Canadair
first flight February 21, 1962; received as 12733 June 21, 1962; first unit 6 ST/R OTU
reserialed as 104733 effective June 1970; May 1976 at Twenthe for the 12.Tactical Weapon Meet,
aircraft wore "1 CAG" in red on white wingtip tanks for the Tactical Weapons Meet.
Wore a large grey "A" behind flag and above serial on tail for 441 Squadron's team during Tactical Air Meet'78 at RAF Wildenrath Germany, June 1978
after the Tactical Phase, 104733 was replaced by 104868. 104733 participated in the 1980 Tactical Air Meet at Ramstein AB.
It wore a large "A" on the tail and a red maple leaf on the tip tanks with a stylized blue "1 Canadian Air Group"
superimposed on it. Each "i" was dotted with a small red maple leaf. At Prestwick International Air Display 1985; struck off service March 11, 1986
to Turkey on March 18, 1986 with 5.408 flight hours (TuAF serial number 62-733)
104733 was allocated to the Turkish 8th Jet Airbase at Diyarbakir in the South East of the country coded "8-733"
withdrawn from use with 182 Filo at Diyarbakir AB August 27, 1993 with 6.655 flight hours
during its service in Turkey it flew 1.247 flight hours averaging approx 178 flight hours per year during that time; storage at Eskisehir still coded "8-733"
preserved Istanbul Military Museum (Asker Muzesi), Istanbul, Turkey coded as "8-733"; 1995 first noted; December 2024 noted.

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