CF-104 "788" turning final at CFB Sollingen 1965

CF-104, Canadair model CL-90, Lockheed model 683-04-12, Canadair construction number 683A-1088, RCAF serial number 12788, built by Canadair
first flight May 7, 1962; with 22 flights and 30:30 flight hours taken on service by RCAF as CF-104 serial number 12788 on October 24, 1962
first unit 6 ST/R OTU at Cold Lake; April 28, 1965 to SAL; May 11, 1965 to 1 AD at Sollingen with C-130 transporter; reserialed as 104788 effective June 1970
May 6, 1974 to SAL for cannon installation and wing exchange; returned to Sollingen; November 28, 1977 to SAL for variegated painting; back to Sollingen
December 6, 1978 to NWI for DLIR; returned to Sollingen; struck off service February 14, 1986
MAP given to Turkey delivered on February 20, 1986; taken on service with Turkish Air Force (THK) as CF-104 serial number 62-788 on February 20, 1986
seen coded "8-788" in June 1987, struck off service November 18, 1993, stored April 1994 at Diyarbakir (tail of 2796); CFE cut-up later; scrapped.

SAL: Scottish Aviation Limited, Prestwick, UK

6 Strike-Recce (ST/R) OTU, reformed as 417 Operational Training Squadron on March 11, 1968
OTU: Operational Training Unit

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