Bird strike Incident Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter VB+205,
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Date:Friday 28 April 1967
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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:Eggebek AB
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed after engine failure due to bird strike during low-level flight; one home set on fire; one child (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/timeContributorUpdates
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]

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