ALFRED DAMEN COLLECTION
No. 12089. Republic AP-23 RF-84F Thunderflash (P-4) Royal Netherlands Air Force
Photograph from RNethAF

Republic AP-23 RF-84F Thunderflash

09/30/2013. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This RF-84F-21-RE was built under the USAF serial 52-7241. It was shipped to the Netherlands aboard the USN escort aircraft carrier T-CVE 58 Corregidor and arrived at Rotterdam on July 11, 1955.

Initially marked with the squadron code "TP-8" it was delivered to 306 Squadron at Twenthe AFB on April 16, 1956; in 1959 the squadron code was replaced by the RNethAF serial P-4.

The aircraft was withdrawn from use on October 17, 1963, three weeks later, November 8, it was struck off charge and subsequently transferred to the Turkish AF."

Created September 30, 2013