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Date: | Friday 2 March 1979 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 74-1046 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Vicinity of Niederstadtfeld and Daun Federal Republic of Germany -
Germany
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | EDAH |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:F-4E-60-MC assigned to the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing took off from Hahn AB, Federal Republic of Germany and while struck a hill side near the village of Daun, Federal Republic of Germany; killing both crew members. HAHN AIR BASE, West Germany. March 4 (AP) — The Air Force identified two officers today who were killed in Friday's crash of an F‐4 Phantom jet as Capt. Kurt M. Browne, 29 years old, of Indianapolis. and First Lieut. Raymond Reed Jr., 24, of Petaluma, Calif.
Sources:
I was a first responder from a closer base, it's mentioned in the book "McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II," by William R. Peake, and it can also be found on Joe Baugher's Aircraft Serial Numbers site,
www.joebaugher.com Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Mar-2018 09:33 |
zoomee007 |
Added |
30-May-2022 06:11 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |