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; delivery date USAF on July 8, 1964 coded "FG-345/22345" to MOAMA Brookley, Alabama
shipped to Denmark; the aircraft arrived at Nørresundby, Denmark on deck of the aircraft carrier USN ship "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
last flight  April 7, 1986; withdrawn from use April 30, 1986 with 3.996 flight hours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from where it was shipped to Taiwan; MAP (Military Assistance Program) to ROCAF coded "4413"; withdrawn from use March 7, 1994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 removed for display purposes; 2000 first noted; September 1, 2007 noted; October 4, 2009 noted; March 2023 last 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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