Accident MiG-17PF 428,
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Date:Friday 3 September 1965
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MG17 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
MiG-17PF
Owner/operator:JG-1 Luftstreitkräfte
Registration: 428
MSN: 1D0318
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Preschen Air Base -   Germany
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Cottbus-Drewitz
Destination airport:Preschen Air Base
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
MiG-17PF of JG-1 crashed few hundred meters from Preschen Air Base in bad weather. Ltn Lothar Walther was killed.

Sources:

http://home.snafu.de/veith/verluste1.htm
http://68210.webhosting25.1blu.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=41

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Aug-2012 09:20 TB Added
06-Jan-2020 14:22 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]
25-Mar-2022 10:28 JF Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]

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