F-104S "53-22" 21°Gruppo of 53°Stormo 1973

F-104S, construction number 783-1074, serial number MM6774, model 783, built by Aeritalia
delivery date AMI 13.6.1972; 53-22 21°Gruppo CIO of 53°Stormo 08.1972-7.9.1975, collided in flight with Gnat XS103 on 5.9.1975
IRAN till 9.5.1977; delivery date 12°Gruppo 18.5.1977, 36-03 XII Gruppo CIO of 36°Stormo "Riccardo H. Seidl" 25.10.1977-06.1980; 36-0 07.1981
stored Gioia 12.1981-15.5.1984; IRAN 15.5.1984-7.2.1985; delivery date 9°Gruppo 25.2.1985, 4-4 15.3.1985-24.11.1988
delivery date 22°Gruppo 24.11.1988, 51-22 12.1989-3.3.1989; Alenia for F-104S ASA conversion + IRAN 3.3.1989-30.5.1990
delivery date 12°Gruppo 30.5.1990; 36-21 XII Gruppo CIO of 36°Stormo "Riccardo H. Seidl" 8.6.1990-22.9.1994
IRAN 22.9.1994-13.6.1996; respray in grey camouflage scheme
delivery date 9°Gruppo 26.6.1996; 4-1 IX Gruppo Caccia Intercettori Ognitempo of 4°Stormo 2.8.1996-9.3.2001
withdrawn from use Grosseto 9.3.2001 with 4191 flight hours; dump Trapani-Birgi 31.7.2001-12.3.2003
dump Grosseto 11.2003 (outside maintenance hangar), out 23.2.2004; Grazzanise CFE area June 17, 2006
coded as "9-51" at Ischia, near Naples the cockpit of this aircraft can now be found in a private garden, located on an island Ischia
"9-51" 04.2011 first noted; January 2013 noted; MM6774 January 2022 moved to Vinchiaturo and recoded "9-46" last noted; owner is Maurizio Di Oto.
March 2023 noted.

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