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| Date: | Wednesday 3 May 1972 |
| Time: | 16:38 LT |
| Type: |  MiG-21M |
| Owner/operator: | JG-8 Luftstreitkräfte |
| Registration: | 617 |
| MSN: | 960714 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Cedynia -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Marxwalde Air Base (ETWN) |
| Marxwalde Air Base (ETWN) |
Teleskopic rod of ejection seat activated. MiG-21M of JG-8 exploded during emergency landing near Cedynia. Lt Col Günther Neumann was killed.
Sources:
https://home.snafu.de/veith/verluste8.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2012 08:56 | TB | Added |
| 06-Aug-2012 10:47 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Aug-2012 13:28 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 06-Jan-2020 14:58 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 20-Mar-2022 12:28 | JF | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2022 12:30 | JF | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
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