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

F-104G, construction number 683D-6047, model 683-10-19, US serial number 62-12347, built by Canadair
first flight May 1, 1964 at Canadair; ready at Canadair July 7, 1964; delivery date USAF on July 10, 1964 coded "FG-347/22347" to MOAMA Brookley, AL
shipped to Denmark; the aircraft arrived at Nørresundby, Denmark on the USN ship "Marine Fiddler" November 23, 1964; MAP 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last flight  April 16, 1986; withdrawn from use April 30, 1986 with 3.939 flying hours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to ROCAF coded "4414" with 8 TFS of 3 AG; withdrawn from use 1995; scrapped 1999.

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