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| Date: | Wednesday 8 January 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American F-100D Super Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-2832 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gruibingen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Landstuhl/Pfalz |
Two F-100D crashed on west site of Mount Boßler in drifting snow. Both pilots ejected but died. Three forest workers on ground killed by explosion.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 9 January 1958, p1
The Windsor Daily Star 8 January 1958, p1
Joe Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2014 17:34 | TB | Added |
| 22-Mar-2015 16:23 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 20-Dec-2017 12:59 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 17-Aug-2024 07:25 | CJT | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
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