F-104S "53-02" 21°Gruppo of 53°Stormo 1978

F-104S, construction number 783-1029, serial number MM6729, model 783, built by Aeritalia
delivery date AMI 24.7.1970; delivery date 9°Gruppo 27.7.1970; 4-6 6.4.1973-08.1973
53-02 53°Stormo 21°Gruppo 04.1977-08.1979; 19.6.1978 at Kleine-Brogel for Tiger Meet; IRAN till 2.12.1980
delivery date 9°Gruppo 2.12.1980; 4-14 24.5.1981-12.4.1984; IRAN 15.5.1985-28.1.1986
delivery date 21°Gruppo 28.1.1986, 53-02 06.1986-25.8.1989; delivery date 9°Gruppo 25.8.1989, 4-2 10°Gruppo 18.4.1990-27.4.1990
crashed July 5, 1990 near Caltagirone, Sicily; pilot was killed; pilot notified the Sigonella tower to have technical problems,
it seems that he was trying to land on a highway SS 417; Sigonella dump January 1991 last noted; scrapped.

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