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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:F-104G Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:26+72 WGN
    Construction Number:683D-7418
    Compressed ID:MBB F-104G sn 26+72 WGN cn 683D-741...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fenix Recycling, Brustem, Belgium

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-104G by MBB.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the West German Navy with s/n 26+72.

    Markings Applied: 26+72

    Circa 1976


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Greenham Common.

    From 19 September 1976 to 22 September 1976

    Transferred to MFG-2, RAF Honington, Suffolk.
    Deployed in Exercise Teamwork.

    25 July 1981


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-104G Starfighter of MFG-2 at the 1981 RAF Lossiemouth Airshow.

    25 May 1985

    Transferred to MFG-2, Eggebeck.
    Flown by the Vikings aerial display team of MFG-2 during the RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    25 May 1985


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete as part of the Demonstration Team - The Vikings

    25 May 1985


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    19 May 1995


    Photographer: Joop de Groot
    Notes: Now preserved at Baarlo - this 1995 photo was taken at Eggebek, Germany. Photo displayed with written permission of Joop de Groot

    February 2005

    To PS Aero, Baarlo, Limburg.
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    16 June 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Baarlo, Netherlands

    3 September 2011


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: For preservation at Autobedrijf Piet Smidts, Baarlo,

    8 February 2022

    To Fenix Recycling, Brustem, Belgium.


    Photographer: Unknown
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2014 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
    Thorsten Ruchel
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