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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1967 |
| Time: | noon |
| Type: |  Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | MFG2 Marineflieger |
| Registration: | VB+205 |
| MSN: | 6641 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bad Meinberg/Horn -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fliegerhorst Eggebek |
Crashed after engine failure due to bird strike during low-level flight. One home set on fire. One boy (7) was killed, two inhabitants injured. KptLt Hans-Joachim Buth (31) ejected safely.
Sources:
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/vb205.htm
http://billy.hhvk-luftwaffe.buecher.officelive.com/Starfighterunfaelle.aspx
Hamburger Abendblatt 29.4.1967, p22
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jun-2011 12:48 | TB | Added |
| 23-Jun-2011 14:11 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 06-Jan-2013 11:43 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2019 19:55 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 01-Jan-2020 09:26 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2020 08:26 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 19:09 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jun-2025 14:40 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jul-2025 09:30 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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