F-104G "D-8049" RNLAF on delivery flight  to Turkey December 15, 1980, already marked with TuAF roundels

F-104G, construction number 683D-8049, model 683-10-19, built by Fokker
Fokker factory construction number 10499, F-104G D-8049 taken on charge April 19, 1963; with 306 sqn (OCU) at Twenthe AB an April 20, 1963
to Leeuwarden in October 1964 for 322 squadron
May 1971 exchange between the Royal Air Force 29 Squadron, flying the Lightning fighter aircraft from airbase Wattisham, and the Dutch Air Force 322 Squadron from Leeuwarden AB
withdrawn from use December 15, 1980 with 322 squadron
to Turkey December 15, 1980 with project "Ararat" coded "63-8049", coded "9-049" on dump at Balikesir AB on April 13, 1994; 2000 last noted; scrapped.

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