CF-104 "870" (12870) 1 Air Division, CAF, Europe from Sollingen passing castle "Schloss Hohenzollern" in 1969

CF-104, Canadair model CL-90, Lockheed model 683-04-12, Canadair construction number 683A-1170, RCAF serial number 12870, built by Canadair
first flight January 14, 1963; taken on service by RCAF as CF-104 Starfighter with serial number 12870 on April 27, 1963
first unit 1 Air Division in Europe; April 20, 1966 to 3 Wing; May 15, 1967 backed into the centre pillar of a hangar at Zweibrucken
January 23, 1969 to 1 Wing; June 19, 1970 to SRADCSU Lahr; reserialed as 104868 effective June 1970; August 24, 1970 to SAL for storage; struck off service May 23, 1973
sold and delivered to Norway as CF-104 serial number 870 on January 28, 1974 with 1.859 flight hours; struck off service June 1, 1982
withdrawn from use December 22, 1982 with 3.378 flight hours; ABDR at Bodø MAS (Main Air Station), Bodø, Norway (date unknown), noted 2003
2005 last noted; under restoration for preservation Bodø AB (ENBO) July 1, 2007; June 7, 2008 new color scheme
in red overall and white and blue stripes; the aircraft will act as a mascot for the friends of Starfighters of Norway
870 was previous a candidate to go to Norsk Luftfartmuseum Bodø; but not anymore since they got CF-104 "801" instead November 3, 2006
preserved in storage at Bodo in late 2012; November 2018 in old QRA HAS noted.

67°16'27.9"N 14°25'26.6"E

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