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| Date: | Wednesday 26 March 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Republic F-84F Thunderstreak |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | DA+109 |
| MSN: | 53-7148 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Merzenich, Kreis Düren -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nörvenich Air Base |
Crashed at Merzenicher Erbwald; pilot Günther Sorge (22) from JBG31 did not eject and was killed.
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 27 March 1958
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
Passauer Neue Presse 28 March 1958
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2011 12:12 | TB | Added |
| 20-May-2011 13:49 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-May-2011 13:53 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-May-2011 03:46 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 22-May-2011 10:13 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jun-2012 03:46 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 30-Jul-2013 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Aug-2013 14:01 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 13-Nov-2015 11:18 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 04-Apr-2024 11:07 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 14-Apr-2025 15:22 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
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