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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-102A-30-CO Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:54-1378 USAF
    Compressed ID:Convair F-102A-30-CO sn 54-1378 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:496th FIS, 86th FIW, Hahn AB, West Germany

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-102A-30-CO.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 54-1378.

    By December 1957

    To 37th FIS, 14th Fighter Group (Air Defense), Ethan Allen Air Force Base, VT.
    Markings added: FC-378

    Circa 1958


    Photographer: Lt. Col. Wendell Keller Collection via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Possibly taken at Lackland AFB, TX.

    By August 1960

    Transferred to 496th FIS, 86th FIW, Hahn AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: FC-378

    22 August 1960

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Crashed due to engine failure at Saint-Jean-de-Niost, France. Pilot killed.


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    F-102 Delta Dagger: Colors and Markings by Rock Roszak

    Internet Sources
    Aviation Safety Network
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia

    Individual Contributors
    Max Sabin

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