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| Date: | Thursday 22 October 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Republic F-84F Thunderstreak |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | DD+107 |
| MSN: | 52-6546 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dyleň mountain, Mariánské Lázně -
 Czechia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Memmingerberg Air Base |
Instrument training flight through thick clouds and veered into Czechoslovak territory where at low level they struck trees. This violation of the border ended with both pilots were imprisoned for suspected "spying" until December 1959, when they were released.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194240/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1959.htm
Passauer Neue Presse 26.10.1959
http://www.leteckabadatelna.cz/havarie-a-sestrely/detail/153/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdbombergeschwader_34
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2011 15:21 | TB | Added |
| 21-May-2011 15:41 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jun-2012 05:57 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 24-Jun-2018 07:34 | ehren69 | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jun-2018 16:52 | ehren69 | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 25-Jun-2018 15:23 | ehren69 | Updated [Location, ] |
| 17-Sep-2018 15:11 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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