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| Date: | Tuesday 19 April 1977 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | MFG2 Marineflieger |
| Registration: | 21+14 |
| MSN: | 6663 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | east of Moen -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Engine failure after bird strike during sea low-level flight 35 km north of Rügen, Baltic Sea; KptLt Eckart "Steam" Stiemerling (his 30. birthday on this day) ejected safely; he was rescued after 50 minutes by Danish Marine helicopter.
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 20.4.1977
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2114.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2011 14:14 | TB | Added |
| 25-Jul-2011 11:30 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 30-Oct-2019 20:15 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 13-Jan-2020 13:06 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2020 08:38 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 19:26 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 08-Feb-2022 07:02 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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