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| Date: | Saturday 25 June 1960 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed T-33A |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | BD+843 |
| MSN: | 580-1648 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mallorca -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Erding AB |
| Son Sant Joan Airport |
Crashed together with T-33 EB+397 into cloud-covered mountain during IFR approach; USAF Cpt Charles S. Melton and Capt Roger P. Miller; AG52.
Sources:
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//bw-kennungen-1968-a-53061.html
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//liste-abstuerze-bundeswehr-maschinen-45340-4.html
http://www.ag52-tgm.de/Chronik/Chronik_%20Teil3.pdf
Neighbor and friend of Charles Melton in 1960 at Erding. Base housing Bldg 808.
La Stampa 28 June 1960, p10
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2011 05:41 | TB | Added |
| 13-May-2011 15:50 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-May-2011 16:51 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 14-May-2011 17:01 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2011 13:00 | H.MeadJr | Updated [Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 21-Jun-2012 03:26 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jun-2012 07:32 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 07-Jan-2020 19:50 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 22-Jan-2020 21:27 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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