F-104G "D-8062" 312 Squadron RNLAF at International Air Tattoo at RAF Greenham Common in June 1974

F-104G, construction number 683D-8062, model 683-10-19, built by Fokker
Fokker factory construction number 10512 KG-162, D-8062 delivery date by Fokker August 29, 1963; first unit 306 sqn at Twenthe AB
322/323 sqn at Leeuwarden AB in October 1964, 312 sqn at Volkel AB in March 1966; Tactical Weapons Meet at Chaumont AB in June 1966
Tactical Weapons Meet at Jever AB in June 1968; September 1974 squadron exchange with the Royal Air Force 5 Squadron, based at Binbrook, flying the Lightning
May 1983 squadron exchange with French Air Force EC 2/5 from Orange AB, flying the Mirage F-1C-2000
April 1984 exchange with the Hellenic Air Force 335 Mira from Araxos AB; withdrawn from use October 25, 1984; stored Ypenburg AB October 25, 1984
stored at Ypenburg AB July 31, 1987, preserved RNLAF Historical Flight at Gilze-Rijen AB (EHGR) September 18, 2000, in bad shape 2004
stored inside building 33 at Soesterberg AFB, April 9, 2006 noted; sprayed yellow at Zeist in June 2008 for 40 years of MLM; stored April 2009 at MLM hangar 7; May 2012
scrapped at Oudemolen in August 2012.

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