CF-104D "8-642" 182 Filo of 8 Wing TuAF at Diyarbakir AB in April 1994

CF-104D, Lockheed model 583-04-15, Canadair construction number 583A-5312, RCAF serial number 12642, Mk.2 (Dual Operational Aircraft)
May 17, 1962 taken on charge; served at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta with 6 ST/R OTU; later 417 Squadron at CFB Cold Lake when renumbered in July 1970
ferried from CFB Cold Lake, Alberta to Europe in Operation "Starleap" July 3, 1983 to July 8, 1983; served with Canadian Air Group at CFB Baden-Sollingen, Germany
March 1,1986 last operational CF-104 flight in Europe
to Turkey with serial 62-642 on March 18, 1986; 1987 "8-642" with 181 Filo; it was one of the aircraft that flew the last Turkish F-104 mission on June 30, 1994
preserved as display May 1998 in Air Force Museum in Etimesgut, Ankara in open exhibition area (s/n 62-642); 2003 noted; August 21, 2009 noted; May 2023 noted.

39°56'50.7"N 32°42'15.8"E

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