Accident Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter EA+120,
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Date:Tuesday 22 June 1965
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter
Owner/operator:AG 51 Luftwaffe
Registration: EA+120
MSN: 8136
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Laon -   France
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Laon AB
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Struck tree and crashed into field after flaps and undercarriage problems. Hptm Heinz-Otto Hartung killed.

Sources:

http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
Passauer Neue Presse 24.6.1965, p2
http://www.cactus-starfighter-staffel.de/
http://www.916-starfighter.de/GAF_crashes.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Jun-2011 09:10 TB Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Jan-2013 11:07 TB Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
21-Oct-2014 07:51 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]
01-Jan-2020 08:33 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]

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