F-104G "D-8105" 323 sqn RNLAF in grey camouflage scheme

F-104G, construction number 683D-8105, model 683-10-19, built by Fokker
Fokker factory construction number 10555; taken on charge coded KG-205 September 26, 1963; delivery date October 1, 1963
D-8105 operated by 322/323 squadrons pool in Air Defence grey camouflage scheme; 306 squadron; modified to RF-104G to carry the Orpheus recce system in 1979 by Avio Diepen
to Turkish Air Force (THK serial number 63-8105) on November 30, 1983, operated as F-104G (mod) without gun coded "8105" by Sahin Kita (OCU)  of 4.AJU at Murted AB
March 26, 1986 withdrawn from use and stored at 1.HIBK at Eskisehir AB
2000 preserved at the premises of the University Campus in Ankara (METU (Middle East Technical University) Science and Technology Museum)
2006 the aircraft has been sprayed into a white color scheme "4-105"; June 2011 noted; October 2013 noted; May 2022 noted.

39°54'5.20"N 32°46'19.13"E

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