F-104G "R-343" 726 Esk RDAF Aalborg AB, Denmark in 1967

F-104G, construction number 683D-6042, model 683-10-19, US serial number 62-12343, built by Canadair
first flight April 10, 1964, ready at Canadair August 13, 1964 after 14 flights with 22:30 flight hours; delivery date USAF on August 14, 1964 after a ferry flight via Langley AFB 
coded "FG-343/22343" to MOAMA Brookley AFB, Mobile, Alabama; shipped to Denmark on escort carrier USS "Croatan"; the aircraft arrived at Nørresundby, Denmark on December 19, 1964 with 26:05 flight hours
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Denmark coded R-343 on December 19, 1964; Esk 726 delivery date on January 19, 1965 with 50:00 flight hours
repainted in an all green camouflage scheme on September 19, 1968
crashed on August 8, 1980 during aerial combat against the F-100 from Skrydstrup Air Base into the sea 2 miles west of Bovbjerg Fry, near Thyboron with 3.363 flight hours
the pilot was killed (it is believed that the pilot lost orientation during a vertical maneuver, or that the pilot had a blackout).

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