F-104S "53-03" 21°Gruppo of 53°Stormo 1979

F-104S, construction number 783-1120, serial number MM6820, model 783, built by Aeritalia
production line 29.3.1973; delivery date AMI 7.7.1973
delivery date 10°Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo of 9°Stormo 27.7.1973, 9-40 09.2973-22.3.1976
delivery date 23°Gruppo CIO of 5°Stormo Caccia "Giuseppe Cenni" 22.3.1976, 5-40 05.1976-6.11.1977; IRAN 14.11.1977-9.11.1978
delivery date 21°Gruppo CIO of 53°Stormo "Guglielmo Chiarini" 15.11.1978, 53-03 07.1979-8.6.1983; IRAN 8.6.1983-12.3.1984; delivery date 23°Gruppo 30.3.1984, 5-35 10.4.1984-26.10.1987
delivery date 22°Gruppo CIO of 51°Stormo "Ferruccio Serafini" 26.10.1987, 51-04 27.10.1987-3.3.1988; IRAN + F-104S.ASA conversion 4.3.1988-28.9.1989
delivery date 22°Gruppo 6.10.1989; 51-07 12.10.1989-19.1.1994, last flight to Rimini 19.1.1994, withdrawn from use Rimini 27.8.1998
dump Cervia for CFE 5.4.2001; Bentivoglio scrap yard Roma 07.2003-9.8.2004 (parts MM6785 & MM6821)
preserved Chiaravalle (Ancona Airport), near Falconara, on top and in the store of the Gigole clothing store 2007 first noted; August 2022 noted.

51-07 preserved Chiaravalle (Ancona), near Falconara, has been cut just behind the cockpit and this makes it possible to display
the cockpit section inside the building and the rest of the Starfighter on the roof. It looks like it just flew into the building

43°35'56.28"N 13°20'57.39"E

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