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| Date: | Thursday 23 December 1965 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | JBG 32 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | DB+234 |
| MSN: | 8315 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 km N of Laichingen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lechfeld AB |
Crashed into field after entering a steep dive due to vertico in bad weather; Hptm Josef Weiher (29) did not eject and was killed.
Sources:
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/db234.htm
Passaue Neue Presse 24.12.1965, p4
HamburgerAbendblatt 24.12.1965, p2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jun-2011 13:57 | TB | Added |
| 02-Jan-2013 08:35 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2013 10:52 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jan-2020 09:19 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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