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 23:15 flight hours; ferry flight via Langley AFB to MOAMA Brookley AFB, Alabama on August 14, 1964
MAP (Military Assistance Program) assigned at MOAMA, Brookley, Alabama; shipped to Denmark with 26:05 flight hours "FG-343/22343" escort carrier USS "Croatan"
the aircraft arrived at Nørresundby, Denmark on December 19, 1964; MAP to Denmark coded R-343 December 19, 1964; Esk 726 delivery date on January 19, 1965
repainted in an all green camouflage scheme on September 19, 1968; crashed on August 8, 1980 during a dissimilar Air Combat mission with Danish F-100 into the sea at Bovbjerg Fry, near Thyboron
after possible pilots disorientation with 3.363 flight hours, the pilot was killed.

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