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Originally Posted by PaperTiger

This was the original plan but only the XF-104s were so fitted (I think )
http://www.ejectionsite.com/f104seat.htm

Beleive the German F-104G's were equipped with downward-firing seats. A Canadian DND (RCAF) engineer once told a meeting at Canadair (a major 104 manufacturer if not the largest numerically) about a Luftwaffe exchange pilot on his squadron who suffered an engine failure on takeoff with a 104. He followed SOPs for the 104G, rolled inverted & fired the seat - which promptly slammed him into the runway from the conventional Martin Baker version on the CF-104.