F-104G "R-345" (62-12345) Esk 723 of RDAF 1979

F-104G, construction number 683D-6044, model 683-10-19, US serial number 62-12345, built by Canadair
first flight April 21, 1964; ready at Canadair July 3, 1964 after 9 flights with 15 flight hours coded "FG-345/22345"
ferry flight via Langley AFB to MOAMA Brookley AFB, Alabama on July 8, 1964with 18:35 flight hours; MAP (Military Assistance Program) assigned at MOAMA, Brookley, Alabama
shipped to Denmark; the aircraft arrived at Nørresundby, Denmark on the USN ship "Marine Fiddler" November 23, 1964; MAP to Denmark coded R-345 on November 23, 1964
Esk 726 delivery date January 6, 1965; Esk 723 on September 22, 1965; Esk 726 December 22, 1965; Esk 723 on May 18, 1965; Esk 726 May 7, 1968
repainted in an all green camouflage scheme on May 27, 1970; repainted in glossy green camouflage scheme on May 10, 1979; last flight  April 7, 1986
withdrawn from use April 30, 1986 with 3.996 flight hours
preserved and disassembled at Aalborg and transported by road to Aarhus for shipment to Bremerhaven on March 31, 1987; from where it was shipped to Taiwan
MAP to ROCAF coded "4413"; withdrawn from use March 7, 1994; 4413 displayed inside the ROCAF Chinese Air Force Museum at Gangshan AB (RCAY), Taiwan 1994
fuselage skin was removed for display purposes; 2000 first noted; September 1, 2007 noted; October 4, 2009 noted; April 2024 noted.

Gangshan AB, Republic of China Air Force Museum, Aviation Education Exhibition hall

22°47'37.27"N 120°16'12.09"E

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