F-104G YA+115 ErpSt 61 at Manching AB 1965

construction number 683D-9007, model 683-10-19, built by SABCA
manufactured by West Group (ARGE-West); assembly start at SABCA, Gosselies, Belgium May 23, 1962
first factory flight August 4, 1962; acceptance date by BABwSABCA September 12, 1962
November 6, 1962 test flight coded with construction number "9007"
total of 8 factory test flights and 10 military test flights with 30 flight hours
KH+107 delivered in AWX (All Weather Fighter) version under project "Green Hill" (for JG 71)
LVR 3 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) on February 28, 1963 for upgrading
YA+115 ErpSt 61 delivery date on May 20, 1963; camouflage scheme TA-196 "Norm 62" in 1965
May 14, 1965 to Messerschmitt for upgrading; IABG-Ottobrunn on January 25, 1966 for tests
to Messerschmitt on May 19,1967
25+61 ErpSt 61 on April 24, 1968; MFG 1 on August 28, 1969; JG 74 on December 17, 1969
ErpSt 61 on September 2, 1970; JaboG 33 on June 18, 1974; JaboG 34 on February 25, 1985
withdrawn from use at LwSchleuse 11 on February 2, 1987 with 2.529 flight hours
struck off charge order January 17, 1965; BDRT airframe at Schleswig/Jagel AB on February 1, 1989
private owned Mr. Rosenbauer, Munich 2000; stored at Baarlo, Netherlands in June 2000 by Piet Smedts
at Kessel in Garagebedrijf Piet Smedts/PS Aero storage area; tail stored separate; March 18, 2006 noted
PS-Aero at Kessel stored (bad condition) February 13, 2010 last noted

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