F-104S "36-57" 156°Gruppo of 36°Stormo from Gioia del Colle AB in 1980, note the large code numbers

F-104S, construction number 783-1146, serial number MM6846, model 783, built by Aeritalia at Turin-Caselle
Aeritalia production 07.1973; delivery date 102°Gruppo of 5°Stormo 21.6.1974, 5-20 26.6.1974-17.7.1975; 5-16 04.1976-05.1978
36-57 36°Stormo 156°Gruppo 1.11.1979-01.1982
November 1979 squadron exchange with Royal Air Force 14 squadron at Bruggen flying the Sepecat Jaguar and 156°Gruppo based at Gioia del Colle
53-15 10.4.1984-09.1984, stored Cameri AB ; converted F-104S.ASA
37-16 37°Stormo 18°Gruppo 26.4.1988-2.6.1989; crashed during landing at Trapani AB 13.6.1989.

Upon return to Trapani AB from a mission with other F-104, a go-around was made in the landing pattern and the aircraft entered IMC,
when returning to VMC the aircraft was already in an unnormal attitude and impacted in the water 130 meter from the coast
(likely after a "Stall" in the landing pattern at Trapani AB), the pilot was killed.

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