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| Date: | Friday 18 August 1978 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | MFG2 Marineflieger |
| Registration: | 21+20 |
| MSN: | 6675 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NE of Helgoland -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eggebek airfield (G) |
Crashed into North Sea near the excursion ship "Rüm Hart" (Wyk Auf Föhr-Helgoland), about 5 Nm north-east of Helgoland after engine failure due to bird strike; KptLt Manfred Hartmann (28) ejected safely.
Sources:
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2120.htm
Hamburger Abenblatt 19.8.1978, p24
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2011 10:18 | TB | Added |
| 10-Jun-2011 14:06 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jul-2011 11:32 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 30-Oct-2019 20:17 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 13-Jan-2020 13:08 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2020 08:37 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 19:35 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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