Accident Canadair CF-104 Starfighter 104715, Wednesday 11 December 1974
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Date:Wednesday 11 December 1974
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Owner/operator:Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)
Registration: 104715
MSN: 683A-1015
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Oberasbach, Landkreis Fürth -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:4 Wing, Baden-Soellingen
Destination airport:4 Wing, Baden-Soellingen
Narrative:
The 441 Squadron aircraft suffered an inflight control restriction due to FOD. The pilot (34) was forced to eject. Aircraft crashed about 50 meters beside the Railway Nürnberg-Ansbach and about 100 meters from houses.

Sources:

Borkener Zeitung 12 December 1974, p8
http://nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Biolist3.php?&name=Youngson,%20Francis%20Garry&id=11587&Page=44&input=1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Jan-2016 06:55 yukonjack Added
17-Jul-2025 13:02 TB Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ]

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