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| Date: | Tuesday 29 August 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-21U-600 |
| Owner/operator: | JG-3 Luftstreitkräfte |
| Registration: | 286 |
| MSN: | 664616 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Forst (Lausitz) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cottbus |
MiG-21U-600 of JG-3 crashed after engine failure. Major Rolf Fiedler and Major Heinz Stammberger ejected and landed at the outskirt of Forst (Lausitz) in a garden plot. The aircraft crashed in a wood on polish borderland.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20150125053226/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/MiG-21.htm
2. http://home.snafu.de/veith/verluste3.htm
https://www.mil-airfields.de/de/preschen.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2012 03:42 | TB | Added |
| 05-Aug-2012 12:31 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2020 14:56 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 29-Mar-2022 21:16 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
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