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The Fate of The Aircraft - Part 1: The CF104

When the Canadian Armed Forces started to  downsize, surplus aircraft were exported, with 22 going to Denmark in 1971 and a further 22 to Norway in 1972. In January 1986, the first of a total of 50 was transferred to Turkey.

As can be seen from the following statistics, which list the aircraft by tail numbers and what became of them, the losses due to crashes were very high.
 

12700 National Air Museum
104701 cannibalized
104702 Pedestal Monument, Grand Centre, Alberta
104703 to Denmark as
R-704 in 73
104704 Repair instructional airframe
104705 crashed 11 Dec/81
104706 Repair instructional airframe
12707 crashed 22 May/62
12708 crashed 27 Apr/65
12709 crashed 5 Sep/69
104710 crashed 17 Jun/70
104711 to Turkey in 1986
12712 crashed 25 Nov/61
104713 to Turkey in 1986
104714 crashed 12 Feb/76
104715 crashed 11 Dec/74
104716 to Turkey in 1986
104717 to Norway in 1973
12718 crashed 14 Apr/70
12719 crashed 27 May/63
104720 crashed 17 Aug/73
12721 crashed 7 Jan/70
104722 crashed 10 Jun/71
104723 crashed 25 Mar/71
12724 crashed 24 Sep/68
12725 crashed 9 Jun/65
12726 crashed 14 Jan/69
12727 crashed 9 Aug/65
12728 crashed 19 Jun/63
12729 crashed 18 Jan/68
104730 to Norway in 1973
104731 Comox Air Park
104732 crashed 30 Apr/82
104733 to Turkey in 1986
12734 crashed 18 Jul/67
104735 to Turkey in 1986
12736 crashed 4 Nov/67
104737 to Turkey in 1986
12738 crashed 13 Aug/65
104739 to Turkey in 1986
12740 crashed 3 Apr/68
12741 crashed 15 Nov/68
12742 crashed 10 Aug/62
104743 to Turkey in 1986
104744 crashed 18 May/83
12745 crashed 21 Oct/66
12746 crashed 7 Dec/66
104747 to Turkey in 1986
12748 crashed 21 May/67
104749 destroyed in fire
2 Mar/84
104750 Repair instructional airframe
104751 to Turkey in 1986
12752 crashed 5 Mar/64
104753 to Turkey in 1986
104754 crashed 21 Feb/79
104755 to Norway in 1973
104756 to Turkey in 1986
104757 to Denmark as R-757  /71
104758 to Denmark as R-758  /71
104759 to Norway in 1973
104760 to Turkey in 1986
104761 to Turkey in 1986
104762 crashed 9 Jun/81
104763 Pedestal Monument, CFB Edmonton
12764 crashed 1 Nov/64
12765 crashed 19 Aug/69
104766 to Norway in 1973
12767 crashed 10 Jan/64
12768 crashed 30 Mar/67
104769 crashed 4 May/73
104770 to Turkey in 1986
104771 to Denmark as R-771  /71
104772 crashed 18 Apr/73
104773 to Turkey in 1986
104774 Repair instructional airframe
104775 crashed 16 Nov/77
104776 to Turkey in 1986
12777 crashed 18 Feb/63
12778 crashed 25 Jun/64
104779 crashed 9 Sep/75
104780 to Turkey in 1986
12781 crashed 6 Nov/69
12782 crashed 2 Apr/69
104783 Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum, Halifax
104784 Pedestal Monument, CFB Lahr
104785 Pedestal Monument, CFB Baden-Soellingen
104786 to Turkey in 1986
104787 to Turkey in 1986
104788 to Turkey in 1986
104789 crashed 27 May/74
104790 Repair instructional airframe
12791 crashed 11 Sep/67
104792 Repair instructional airframe
12793 crashed 24 Oct/63
12794 crashed 11 Sep/63
104795 to Turkey in 1986
104796 to Turkey in 1986
104797 to Norway in 1973
12798 crashed 4 Mar/66
104799 Repair instructional airframe
104800 to Norway in 1973
104801 to Norway in 1973
12802 crashed 23 Jul/63
12803 crashed 4 Sep/62
104804 crashed 23 Jul/71
104805 Repair instructional airframe
104806 to Turkey in 1986
104807 crashed 27 Nov/80
104808 to Turkey in 1986
12809 crashed 1 May/64
104810 to Turkey in 1986
12811 crashed 11 May/64
104812 to Denmark as R-812  /71
104813 crashed 22 May/83
104814 to Denmark as R-814  /71
104815 to Turkey in 1986
12816 destroyed in fire 24 Jul/63
12817 crashed 5 Jul/65
104818 to Norway in 1973
104819 to Denmark as R-819  /71
12820 crashed 21 Mar/66
104821 crashed 10 Jan/83
104822 Repair instructional airframe
104823 crashed 16 Jun/71
104824 to Turkey in 1986
104825 to Denmark as R-825  /71
104826 to Turkey in 1986
104827 crashed 29 Jul/82
12828 crashed 14 Apr/70
104829 crashed 18 Apr/78
104830 crashed 16 Jun/83
 
  12831 crashed 9 Jul/69
104832 to Denmark as R-832  /71
104833 to Norway in 1973
12834 crashed 27 Apr/70
104835 Repair instructional airframe
104836 to Norway in 1973
104837 to Turkey in 1986
104838 crashed 7 Mar/78
104839 to Turkey in 1986
104840 crashed 25 Jul/78
104841 to Turkey in 1986
104842 to Turkey in 1986
104843 Repair instructional airframe
12844 crashed 7 Aug/64
104845 to Turkey in 1986
104846 to Denmark as R-846  /71
104847 to Turkey in 1986
104848 to Turkey in 1986
12849 crashed 27 Oct/64
104850 to Norway in 1973
104851 to Denmark as R-851  /71
12852 crashed 5 Oct/67
12853 crashed 16 Sep/65
12854 crashed 25 Apr/69
104855 to Denmark as R-855  /71
12856 crashed 16 Nov/64
104857 crashed 23 Oct/73
12858 crashed 27 Jan/64
104859 crashed 27 Aug/80
104860 to Norway in 1973
104861 crashed 24 Oct/70
104862 to Turkey in 1986
104863 write off in 1986
104864 crashed 10 May/73
104865 to Turkey in 1986
104866 to Turkey in 1986
12867 crashed 28 Oct/66
104868 destroyed in fire 2 Mar/84
104869 to Turkey in 1986
104870 to Norway in 1973
12871 crashed 11 Jun/65
104872 crashed 11 Mar/74
104873 to Turkey in 1986
12874 crashed 19 Jun/68
12875 crashed 20 Jul/67
12876 crashed 23 Oct/63
12877 crashed 25 Jul/69
12878 crashed 4 May/65
12879 crashed 16 May/65
104880 Repair instructional airframe
12881 crashed 25 Jul/69
104882 to Norway in 1973
104883 to Turkey in 1986
12884 crashed 24 Feb/65
12885 crashed 3 Aug/67
104886 to Norway in 1973
104887 to Denmark as R-887  /71
104888 to Denmark as R-896  /71
104889 to Norway in 1973
104890 to Norway in 1973
104891 to Turkey in 1986
104892 crashed 4 Jun/82
104893 to Turkey in 1986
12894 crashed 8 Feb/65
104895 crashed 19 Mar/74
104896 to Denmark in 1971
12897 crashed 15 Jul/68
12898 crashed 25 Jun/68
104899 to Turkey in 1986
104900 to Norway in 1973