The 439 Aircraft Registry Page 9

*The Aircraft Registry* *Canadair Built CF-104 Starfighter* *Canadair CF-104 Mark II tail number CF104761 was 439 Squadron's 1981 Tiger Bird.* *Photo courtesy of Michel Klaver* ©. Used with permission. *For additional information on the CF-104 Starfighter visit the thisisme.ca.* This is a preliminary work as I hope to cross link this listing with excerpts from the Squadron's war diaries and other pages found on this website. The list of 439 Starfighter tail numbers was compiled and provided by Canadian author John Bradley. Used with permission and appreciation.
*CF-104 D* *Mark II Starfighters (Dual seats)*
*12659*	Crashed on 16 September 1965
*104658*
*104661*
*104653*
*CF-104 A* *Mark II Starfighters (Single seater)*
*12716*
*12781*
*12799*
*12833*	*1969 Tiger Bird. May have also been the 1970 Tiger Bird, to be confirmed.*
*12849*	*Crashed on the 27 October 1964 at Troyes, France after striking a large black bird. Parts of the bird were ingested into the engine which then flamed-out.*
*12898*	*Flew into trees crowning a hill about 35 miles north-east of Frankfurt on 25 June 1968 in bad weather. The aircraft was destroyed.*
*12900*
*104706*	*1983 Tiger Bird*
*104713*
*104714*	*Crashed 24 June 1976*
*104716*
*104733*	*1980 Tiger Bird*
*104735*
*104747*
*104749*
*104751*
*104756*	*1976 Tiger Bird*
*104760*
104761	*1981 Tiger Bird*
*104770*	*1972 and 1973 Tiger Bird. May have been the Tiger Bird in 1975.*
*104773*
*104776*
*104796*	*1982 Tger Bird*
*104810*	*1979 Tiger Head*
*104813*	*Crashed 22 May 1983 during an air display.*
*104821*	*Crashed 10 January 1983*
*104823*	*Tiger Bird 1981. Crashed after a mid-air with CF104D 104668, from 421 Squadron, on 27 October 1971.*
*104826*
*104827*	*Mid-air 29 July 1982 with a German registered Cessna or Tri-Pacer.*
*104838*	*1977 Tiger Bird. Creashed 7 March 1978*
*104839*
*104840*	*Crashed 25 July 1978*
*104841*	*Number altered to read 104441 for photo shoot*
*104843*
*104845*
*104848*
*104855*
*104861*	*Crashed on 24 October 1970*
104862	*1978, 1979 and 1980 Tiger Bird*
*104864*	*Tiger Bird 1973. Crashed 10 May 1973. This aircraft was restored and carried "Tiger Stripes" for the 1992 Squadron Close-out.*
*104865*
*104868*
*104873*
*104893*
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