F-104G "FX41" 31 squadron of 10 Wing BAF during Tiger Meet 66 at RAF Leuchars in 1966

F-104G, construction number 683D-9084, model 683-10-19, built by SABCA
manufactured by West Group (ARGE-West); assembly at SABCA-Gosselies, Belgium
delivery date March 20.1964 to 350 squadron; 1st F-104G for 10 Wing 31 squadron on April 6.1964 by Major August 'Gus' Ronge,
and blessed during a church ceremony held at the day of arrival, withdrawn from use May 10.1983 (31 Squadron / 10 Wing)
struck of charge and sold to Radcomm 1987; 1991 to Kleine-Brogel for ABDR and spares to restore FX94 and FX100
stored in a very bad condition 2005 noted; March 2012 last noted Kleine-Brogel (dump)
FX41 is now being stripped at Kleine Brogel to be used for spare parts for FX61
front section will be cut to serve as a simulator cockpit for the Tiger Museum in Kleine-Brogel
the wings have been removed and mounted on the FX61 also at Kleine-Brogel and the wheel doors will go to this F-104G as well.
The aft hatch has become a "table". Most of the rest of the aircraft was sold to a scrapping company in May 2013
June 2015 cockpit section preserved.

Aircrafts parts of FX41 were used to complete the hybrid FX02 fuselage/FX47 tail on display in front of block 15 at Kleine-Brogel.

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