RF-104G "D-8143" 306 squadron RNLAF on take-off at RAFG Wildenrath during TAM78

RF-104G, construction number 683D-8143, model 683-04-10, built by Fokker
manufactured by North Group (ARGE-Nord); Fokker factory construction number 10593
RF-104G KG-243 delivery date January 17, 1964; D-8143 taken on charge January 31, 1964; to 306 squadron February 1964-October 1983
modified to F-104G-Orpheus; UFO October 1983-November 1983
withdrawn from use and delivery as MAP to Turkish Air Force (TuAF serial number 63-8143) coded "8143" November 30, 1983
operated as F-104G (modified) without gun; coded "4-143" with 4.AJU December 1983; January 1987 last noted; withdrawn from use, scrapped.

UFO means UitFaseringsOnderdeel (Dutch for Phasing-Out Unit)

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