F-104A "60844" (56-0844) S.C. AIR GUARD 157 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ANG), Congaree AP, South Carolina 1960

F-104A, construction number 183-1132, model 183-93-02, US serial number 56-0844, built by Lockheed
delivery date August 6, 1958; 538th FIS Larson AFB, WA August 1958-September 1958
83rd FIS September 1958-December 1958; with 83 FIS during Quemoy crisis 1958 at Taichung AB, Taiwan; 337th FIS December 1958-October 1959
538th FIS October 1959-May 1960; 157th FIS Congaree AP, SC May 1960-April 1963; 331st FIS Webb AFB, TX April 1963-February 1967
4760th CCTS February 1967-December 1967; 319th FIS Homestead AFB, FL December 1967-December 1969, J79-GE-19 engine
stored MASDC coded as "FB031" (17.December 1969-05.May 1970); rework at McClellan AFB, California
MAP to Taiwan July 30, 1970 coded "4243" to 41 TFS of 2 TFW; 1974 with 8 TFS of 3 TFW
crashed February 8, 1988 due to a compressor stall after take-off near Taichung, pilot was killed.

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