F-104G "R-347" (62-12347) Esk 723 of RDAF at CFB Sollingen in August 1967

F-104G, construction number 683D-6046, model 683-10-19, US serial number 62-12347, built by Canadair
first flight May 1, 1964 at Canadair; after 6 flights with 10:25 flight hours ready at Canadair July 7, 1964
delivery date USAF on July 10, 1964 coded "FG-347/22347" after a ferry flight via Langley AFB to MOAMA Brookley AFB, Mobile, Alabama; shipped to Denmark with 14:10 flight hours
the aircraft arrived at Nørresundby, Denmark on the USN heavy lift cargo ship "Marine Fiddler" November 23, 1964
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Denmark coded R-347 on November 23, 1964; Esk 726 delivery date January 10, 1965; Esk 723 on September 22, 1965
repainted in an all green camouflage scheme on October 24, 1968; January 3, 1983 to Esk 726; last flight  April 16, 1986; withdrawn from use April 30, 1986 with 3.939 flying hours
preserved and disassembled at Aalborg and transported by road to Aarhus for shipment to Bremerhaven on April 2, 1987
to ROCAF under project "Ali Shan No.10" coded "4414" with 8 TFS of 3 AG; withdrawn from use 1995; scrapped in 1999.

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