Narrative:
The USAF Sabreliner departed the West German air base Wiesbaden at 14:01. At crossed the East German border near Diedorf at 14:50, at an altitude of 8000 metres. Two Soviet MiG-19 fighters scrambled to intercept the plane, which had now flown 90 km into East Germany. The aircraft was shot down and crashed into Bonifacius Hill near Vogelsberg.
» DDR-Luftwaffe.de
62-4448
62-4448
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 28 January 1964 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  North American CT-39A Sabreliner |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 62-4448 |
| MSN: | 276-1 |
| First flight: | 1962 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6A Turbo Wasp |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Vogelsberg village, Thüringen ( Germany)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (Y-80) Air Base (WIE/ETOU), Germany |
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The USAF Sabreliner departed the West German air base Wiesbaden at 14:01. At crossed the East German border near Diedorf at 14:50, at an altitude of 8000 metres. Two Soviet MiG-19 fighters scrambled to intercept the plane, which had now flown 90 km into East Germany. The aircraft was shot down and crashed into Bonifacius Hill near Vogelsberg.
Sources:
» E-mail from Maik Kattner-Lorenz (13-11-2006, 30-11-2006)» DDR-Luftwaffe.de
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