F-104G "R-699" 723 Esk RDAF at RAFG Gutersloh in September 1975

F-104G, construction number 683D-6051, model 683-10-19; US serial number 63-12699, built by Canadair
first flight June 5, 1964 coded FG-699; July 7, 1964 ready at Canadair, Montreal, Quebec, flight time 9.45 flying hours
delivery date USAF on July 9, 1964; flown coded "FG-699/32699" to MOAMA Brookley, Alabama; MAP to Denmark November 23, 1964
aircraft arrived at Nørresundby, Denmark for Aalborg by USN ship "Marine Fiddler"; coded R-699 with Esk 723 on December 9, 1965; October 1, 1969 painted in an all green camouflage scheme
repainted in glossy green camouflage scheme on January 7, 1983; January 1, 1984 to 726 Esk; last flight and withdrawn from use April 30, 1986 with 3.628 flight hours
preserved and disassembled at Aalborg and transported by road to Aarhus for shipment to Bremerhaven February 18, 1987 and ferried to Taiwan
to ROCAF 3 Wing February 18, 1987 coded "4420"; in 1993 to 11 AG; withdrawn from use August 28, 1995 with 11 Air Group
in 2000 noted as instructional airframe in the Feng Chia University at Taichung, 11 AG marks
 October 18, 2006 to the Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum in Portland, Oregon, USA, under restoration in 2011
4420 display at the Hillsboro airport in Hillsboro, Oregon May 2018 noted; stored March 2020 noted; stored outside at Hillsboro Apt May 2023 noted.
45°31'57.6"N 122°57'04.3"W

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