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| Date: | Wednesday 5 August 1959 |
| Time: | c. 16:30 |
| Type: |  Republic F-84F Thunderstreak |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | DD+119 |
| MSN: | 53-7067 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bonn -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Memmingen |
| Nörvenich |
Crashed in the neighbourhood of Vereinigte Leichtmetallwerke Bonn due to generator failure; Lt Bernd Kuebart (23) ejected; one man on the ground (Werkmeister Wilhelm Brinck, 63) was killed; one (Arbeiter Heinrich Dernen) injured.
Lt Kuebart landed safely by parachute in the courtyard of Collegium Josephinum boarding school. On June 19, 1962 Lt Bernd Kuebart was killed when a 4-ship Starfighter demonstration-team crashed near Nörvenich.
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 6 August 1959
Passauer Neue Presse 6 August 1959, p2/7 August 1959, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2011 15:27 | TB | Added |
| 22-May-2011 10:53 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jun-2012 03:50 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Oct-2014 16:37 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 31-Oct-2019 09:27 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 01-Sep-2021 19:22 | Horrido | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Apr-2025 18:56 | TB | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
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