The Starfighter Serials

dd 10aug63, 331skv "FN-R" lateron "632" (aug63-dec80) w/o 18dec80

Note: This Starfighter was one of many delivered to Norway via the USS Croatan which arrived at Agag harbour on August 6th, 1963. It also had a RF-104G camera housing like lots of the early Norwegian Starfighters did. They did not wear camera's and soon were removed during the first maintenance cycle (or IRAN).
This 61-2632 has been seen a few times outside Norway, for example during a visit at Leeuwarden in July 1971 and Volkel Air Base in October 1974. When it was lost in an accident in 1980 it had reached 3275 flying hours.

Accident Reports:

18 December 1980 (F-104G)

During a ground controlled approach to Bodø Airbase, the plane suffered a substantial loss of engine thrust. The pilot, Roar Strand, realised he would not reach the runway and decided to eject. He landed with minor injuries in Valnesfjorden. The plane came down in deep water at Skjerstadfjorden, aprox. 24 km east of Bodø Airbase.

61-2632

This photo shows F-104G 61-2632 just arrived at the harbour of Agag and craned to the shore. The aircraft carries the universal applied serials as applied by Lockheed in the US.

F-104G 61-2632 on a wet platform at Bodo Air Base. The aircraft wears code "FN-R". On the nose the badge of 331st SKv can be seen and also the typical red-white-blue arrow on the tail fin. (Photo by Eric Tammer)

F-104G 61-2632 together with aircraft "233" on the dispersal of Ramstein in the summer of 1980. A few months later the aircraft would be lost in a crash.