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| Date: | Tuesday 28 January 1964 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  North American CT-39A Sabreliner |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 62-4448 |
| MSN: | 276-1 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6A Turbo Wasp |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | near Vogelsberg village, Thüringen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (Y-80) Air Base (WIE/ETOU) |
The USAF Sabreliner departed the West German air base Wiesbaden at 14:01. At crossed the East German border near Diedorf at 14:50, at an altitude of 8000 metres. Two Soviet MiG-19 fighters scrambled to intercept the plane, which had now flown 90 km into East Germany. The aircraft was shot down and crashed into Bonifacius Hill near Vogelsberg.
Sources:
E-mail from Maik Kattner-Lorenz (13-11-2006, 30-11-2006)
DDR-Luftwaffe.de
Location
Images:
photo (c) Maik Kattner-Lorenz; Vogelsberg
photo (c) Ralf Klaubel; Vogelsberg; 28 January 2005
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