F-104G "FX91" 10 Wing (Jacht Bommenwerpers Wing) BAF at Bitburg AB 1974

F-104G, construction number 683D-9158, model 683-10-19, built by SABCA
FX91 taken on charge April 5 1965; operated by 10 Wing; March 25, 1966 struck by lightning in flight, piece of left pylon tank were lost
August 3, 1966 during the flight smoke in the cockpit, the cause was a bursted internal fuel tank
October 28, 1966 birdstrike immediately after takeoff; 350 Smaldeel of 1 Wing in September 1970; Tiger Meet at CFB Sollingen in June 1976 with 31 Smaldeel
crashed with 10 Wing August 2, 1978 near Enkhuisen after explosion in flight over Ijsselmeer, west of Stavoren (Netherlands) at an altitude of 300 feet
after a firing mission over Vlieland, pilot was killed in ejection attempt (10 FBW, 23 Smaldeel); written off.

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