MM6507 – new update

June 11, 2008 Italian Air Force, Military Aviation
David Cenciotti

There’s a lot of interest about the fate of the MM6507 that was (apparently) being restored at Grazzanise (read also these posts http://cencio4.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/mm6507-update/ and http://cencio4.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/new-f-104-restoration-project-discovered/).
Someone initially pointed to the F-104 pole mounted in Istrana with code 51-21 as the MM6507 seen at Grazzanise, however, when I visited Grazzanise for the last time on Apr 26, I saw the aircraft among the others in the famous scrapyard next to the GEA hangar. The preserved grey 51-21 that was erected in the centre of Istrana (town), was identified by the IFS (International F-104 Society) as MM6552.
Here are a few pictures I took in Grazzanise on Apr 26. Among the others (on the right) you can notice the camouflaged tail of the MM6507 with the characteristic 22 Gruppo/51 Stormo bagdes.



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2 Comments

  1. Da quanto mi risulta il 6507 era conservato da diversi anni a Caserta anche se i pareri sono discordanti:
    secondo alcuni, nel maggio del 1997 e successivamente ad ottobre 2007, il 6507 era a Caserta con i codici 51-01; altri lo riportano sempre a Caserta nel 2004 con codici 3-50.
    Purtroppo non ho ulteriori dettagli.
    Ciao
    David

  2. Ciao David, a proposito del 51-01, è a Caserta, all’interno del padiglione “Sirtori” proprio di fronte all’ingresso della scuola Sottufficiali di Caserta. Avrebbe bisogno di un bel restauro.
    Per quanto riguarda il 9-10 trovasi sempre alla suddetta scuola, ma nel piazzale insieme al prototipo n°2 del Tornado e ad un AM-X. Gli ho visti per 2 anni.

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