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| Date: | Thursday 21 April 1960 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: | Hawker Sea Hawk F.100 |
| Owner/operator: | MFG2 Marineflieger |
| Registration: | VB+123 |
| MSN: | AW.6673 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Todendorf-Putlos -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Hit the water while turning after air-water missile shooting on a sea target on Todendorf-Putlos sea range in the Baltic Sea; OLtzS Kurt Hirsch (33, MFG1) did not eject and killed.
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 22.4.1960
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2011 11:48 | TB | Added |
| 01-Jun-2011 22:55 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jun-2011 23:06 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 29-Oct-2019 13:06 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 30-Oct-2019 19:29 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 01-Jan-2020 07:48 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2020 08:07 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Feb-2020 21:33 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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