F-104G "FX85" 10 Wing of Belgian Air Force at Leck AB September 1975

F-104G, construction number 683D-91461, model 683-10-19, built by SABCA
accepted by BAF on July 7, 1966 for 1 Wing; April 12, 1967 the aircraft was CAT 4 damaged at Beauvechain, during the engine test on the runway the right hand side "drag strut" broke
with 10 Wing 31 Smaldeel at TWM at Jever AB 7 till 21 June 1968; June 26, 1971 at Aviano with 1 Wing demo team "Slivers"; 31 Smaldeel at Tiger Meet at Leck 3 till 7 September 1975
1975 to 10 Wing; January 1981 withdrawn from use; 1987 sold to Radcomm Enterprise and stripped of all useful parts
July 1991 last noted stored at Koksijde; July 15, 1991 first noted as BDRT at Florennes; December 1994 first noted on dump Florennes, no wings or tail
September 1995 arrived for storage Weelde (reserve Brussels Air Museum); April 24 1998 tail noted dump Weelde, rest of aircraft transferred to Kapellen; June 1999 tail noted dump Weelde
May 2001 tail noted at Evere; December 2010 tail noted at Zutendaal; August 30, 2011 tail noted at Kleine Brogel (KB Air Museum); no further information.

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