F-104C "FG-908" 476 TFS George AFB over Spain during TDY at Moron AB 1959

F-104C, construction number 183-1196, model 483-04-05, US serial number 56-0908, built by Lockheed
delivery date December 18, 1958; 479th TFW, 476th TFS Moron AB, Spain 1960
hit by ground fire on a bomb run with 2 "M-117" 750 lbs bombs on July 22, 1965 with 436th TFS (attached to 6252nd TFW)
crashed after a gear up emergency landing at Chu Lai MCAS, Vietnam, battle-damaged aircraft (after a CAS mission) swerved off the runway into a sand dune after gear up landing,
pilot was killed (KIA), operated out of DaNang AB, Vietnam, attached to 6252nd TFW, written off.

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