F-104G "FX06" 349 squadron of 1 Wing Belgian Air Force at Beauvechain AB in 1976

F-104G, construction number 683D-9021, model 683-10-19, built by SABCA
taken on service July 8, 1963 by 350 squadron of 1 Wing; June 4, 1964 hard landing, wheel shimmy, pilots loses control and aircraft ran off the runway, pilot ok
October 14, 1965 during braking after landing, the target cable ruptures and the target dart damages the fuselage, pilot ok
crashed April 6, 1977 with 31 squadron of 10 Wing at Vlieland range, Netherlands at a firing-exercise, after dropping a practice bomb the plane hit the dunes during pull-up
pilot was killed, written off; November 30, 1979 struck of charge.

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