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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:F-104G Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:D-8244 KLu
    Construction Number:8244
    Latest Owner or Location:Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-104G by Fokker.

    10 April 1964

    First flight.

    2 June 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Koninklijke Luchtmacht / Royal Netherlands Air Force with s/n D-8244.

    Transferred to Operational Conversion Unit, Twente AB.

    23 April 1965

    Transferred to 311 SQ, Volkel AB.

    7 September 1982

    Transferred to 312 SQ, Volkel AB.

    21 November 1983

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Deelen Airport, Arnhem/Hoenderloo, Gelderland.
    This was the last flight of this airframe.
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    Transferred to Air Force Technical School, Schaarsbergen, the Netherlands.

    By September 1999

    To Nationale Militaire Museum Depot., Former Soesterberg Air Base, Soesterberg, Utrecht.
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    9 April 2005


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    Transported by ship.
    Moved to the USA.

    To Paine Field, Everett, WA.
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    To Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, CA.
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    By November 2014

    Markings Applied: U.S. Air Force, FG-913, 70913
    Markings of USAF F-104C s/n 57-0913 which was shoot down by the AAA fire on 1 Sep 1966 near Troc, Vietnam.

    22 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: Painted as USAF 70913. Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, CA, USA.


    Photographer: Unknown
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     U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Thomas Delvoye
    Marcin Rogowski
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