Accident Lockheed F-104G Starfighter DC+231, Tuesday 19 September 1967
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Date:Tuesday 19 September 1967
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
Owner/operator:JBG 33 Luftwaffe
Registration: DC+231
MSN: 8328
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kerkyra (Korfu) AB -   Greece
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Tanagra AB
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Overshot the short runway into water during emergency landing due to nozzle failure (oil leak); Hptm Josef Hoffmann ejected from underwater and was badly injured.

Sources:

http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/dc231.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jun-2011 01:34 TB Added
01-Jan-2020 09:31 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator, ]

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