ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60409
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| Date: | Thursday 6 March 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle |
| Owner/operator: | 22th TFSqn /36th TFWg USAF |
| Registration: | 76-0082 |
| MSN: | 272/A234 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Castle Hamm, near Wiersdorf, 9 km NW Bitburg (Rhl.-Pfalz) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bitburg AFB (EDAB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The crash site was in the immediate vicinity of the castle Hamm, near Wiersdorf, about 9 km north-west of Bitburg. The memory of the event with me quite well since I am on this particular Friday the "NATO's Rally", ie, the Bundeswehr was in Kassel on the way home.
Sometime during the trip I heard on the radio by a U.S. fighter jet crash at Castle Hamm. The main wreckage of the aircraft were located west of Hamm on the other side of the river Prüm. A small debris trail led directly out of there almost to the walls of the castle, where there was still a somewhat greater accumulation of debris. Unfortunately, the pilot was in this crash killed.
Sources:
Interconair 4/80
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1976.html
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//forum/archive/index.php/t-60319.html
http://www.f-15.nl/wo.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2010 23:16 | zerocinquanta | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2012 16:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2013 19:45 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2021 10:26 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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