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Date: | Wednesday 5 November 1969 |
Time: | 20:25 |
Type: | Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter |
Owner/operator: | AG 52 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 24+08 |
MSN: | 8148 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Imsum/Langen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Leck AB |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed in the River Weser estuary due to lightning strike after take-off; Hptm Joachim Adam ejected safely but died due to hypothermia (body found 6.11.69 afternoon).
Sources:
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2408.htm http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
http://billy.hhvk-luftwaffe.buecher.officelive.com/Starfighterabstuerze.aspx
Hamburger Abenblatt 6.11./7.11.1969
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jun-2011 08:10 |
TB |
Added |
01-Jan-2020 09:48 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |