F-104G "R-698" 726 Esk RDAF at Colmar AB, France 1968 F-104G, construction number 683D-6050, model 683-10-19; US serial number 63-12698, built by Canadairmanufactured by Canadair; first flight May 15, 1964 at Canadair, Montreal; ready at Canadair on August 11, 1965 after 9 flights with 16:05 flight hours delivery date to USAF on August 11, 1964; flown coded "FG-698/32698" after a ferry flight via Langley AFB to MOAMA Brookley AFB, Mobile, Alabama shipped to Denmark on escort carrier USS "Croatan" with 19:15 flight hours; the aircraft arrived at Nørresundby, Denmark on December 19, 1964 MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Denmark coded R-698 on December 19, 1964; delivery date for 726 Esk on February 10, 1965; repainted in an all green camouflage scheme February 18, 1970 crashed December 3, 1974 8 NM NE of Skagen, DK into the Skagerak sea with 2.265 flying hours, pilot was killed, crashed during ship patrol into the sea at Skagen N., pilot lost control after several tight maneuvers at 1,500 feet altitude; written off. copyright © Urs Baettig
