F-104S "5-19" 102°Gruppo of 5°Stormo Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) Rimini AB 1978

F-104S, construction number 783-1137, serial number MM6837, model 783, built by Aeritalia
production line 28.10.1973; delivery date AMI 24.1.1974; delivery date 102°Gruppo 1.4.1974, 5-19 8.4.1974-6.4.1978; IRAN 6.4.1978-21.2.1979
delivery date 155°Gruppo 7.3.1979; 51-32 05.1979-15.9.1983, crashed September 15, 1983 after afterburner blow-out on take-off from Istrana with 1.507 flight hours
aircraft crashed into the approach lights; pilot ejected safely (Martin Baker confirmed), 1.507 flight hours.

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