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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:CF-104 Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:861C CAF
    Construction Number:683A-1099
    Latest Owner or Location:Musee des Avions de Chasse, Savigny-les-Beaune, Beaune, Bourgogne

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CF-104 by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    From 2 October 1962 to 2 June 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 12799.

    Circa 1969

    Transferred to 1 Wing, CFB Lahr, Germany.

    28 July 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 104799.

    From Unknown to After 1995

    Transferred to Canadian Air Group, CFB Baden-Solleingen, Germany.

    By 1984

    Transferred to 1st Canadian Air Group, Sollingen AB, West Germany.

    New serial number assigned: 861C CAF
    Became a repair instructional airframe.

    1990

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Canadian Armed Forces.

    July 1993

    To Musee Des Avions de Chasse, Savigny-Les-Beaune, Beaune, Bourgogne.
    View the Location Dossier

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: RCAF-751
    Fitted with the tail from CF-104 s/n 104750.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    17 May 2008


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    30 June 2012


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Savigny Les Beaune.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis
    Internet Sources
     Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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