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| Date: | Friday 12 September 2003 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado IDS |
| Owner/operator: | AG 51 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 43+47 |
| MSN: | GS021/4047 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leuchars (EGQL), Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leuchars AB (ADX/EGQL) |
Suffered a bird strike, during display rehearsal and lost a panel on the spine, behind the cockpit. Stripped for spares.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20150923234910/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Tornado_Germany.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20121123090555/http://www.scramble.nl:80/milbase.htm
https://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/1801/43-47-germany-air-force-panavia-tornado-ids/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2011 07:22 | TB | Added |
| 10-Aug-2012 18:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Aug-2012 05:47 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2014 19:37 | TB | Updated [Cn, Source, ] |
| 31-Dec-2019 21:38 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jan-2021 14:30 | TB | Updated [Phase, ] |
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