This picture was taken by an unknown photographer during the spottersday at Volkel. Slide is part of my private collection.

Delivered to Northwest Orient Airlines as N155US in 1973. Renamed to Northwest Airlines in 1986. Withdrawn from use at Greenwood, MS in 2002 and scrapped in 2004.

With tiny 30th anniversary markings of the fin.

w/o 13 June 1986 when it crashed into the North Sea. The pilot ejected safely.

together with RF-104G D-8119

line up for take off during the annual spottersday.

ThIS TF-104G of Conversie Afdeling Volkel (CAV, in English conversion unit of Volkel air base) was delivered to the RNLAF on 16 Nov'63. It started flying with the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) and was transferred to CAV in Jan'68. It operated with that unit until Jun'84 when it entered a retirement unit called UFO (Uit Faserings Onderdeel, in English Phasing-Out Unit. It was withdrawn from service on 21 Nov'84. After storage and being used as an instructional airframe in the 90s, it returned to the RNLAF in '97 and was sold to a private person in Everett (WA) in Sep'10.

The RF-104G, the recce version of the Starfighter. Rarely seen without large fueltanks on the wingtips and underneath the wings. This one was ready for departure at Volkel during a great so-called spotterday.