ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60347
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 June 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle |
| Owner/operator: | 36th FTW 22nd TFS USAF |
| Registration: | 79-0040 |
| MSN: | 0579/C109 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 mi from Bremen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bitburg AFB (EDAB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A United States Air Force F-15 jet crashed on a training mission 15 miles northeast of Bremen killing the pilot, officials announced. A United States Air Force spokesman identified the pilot as Capt. George T. Hall of Goodlettsville, Tenn.
Some sources later attributed the cause of the crash to G-LOC of the pilot during a low altitude practice interception. (G-LOC, pronounced 'GEE-lock', is the abbreviation of G-force induced Loss Of Consciousness, a term generally used in aerospace physiology to describe a loss of consciousness occurring from excessive and sustained g-forces draining blood away from the brain causing cerebral hypoxia).
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1979.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029221354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/f-15.htm#cont
http://www.f-15.nl/wo.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2012 18:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2012 18:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2013 19:35 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2020 10:01 | TB | Updated [Location, Source] |
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