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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:CF-104 Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:R-855 RDAF
    Construction Number:683A-1155
    Compressed ID:Canadair CF-104 sn R-855 RDAF cn 68...
    Latest Owner or Location:Krakow Aviation Museum, Krakow, Malopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship)

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    Dates

    Event

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

    15 August 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 12855.

    28 July 1970

    New serial number assigned: 104855 CAF

    6 June 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Danish Air Force with s/n R-855.

    To Aalborg Airport, Aalborg, Jutland.
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    May 2011

    Placed on display with Krakow Aviation Museum, Krakow, Malopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship).
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    19 June 2012


    Photographer: John Yates
    Notes: 2012 photo at Krakow Air Museum

    23 May 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Krakow - Rakowice, Malopolskie, Poland
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    Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
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     John Bennett
    Marcin Rogowski
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