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| Date: | Friday 3 August 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed T-33A |
| Owner/operator: | Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lahr -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lahr AB |
"American jetfighter" crashed on the east edge of Lahr, hitting a house, broke up and came to rest in a garden facility. One crew member bailed out two km before and was slightly injured. The pilot salvaged from the wreckage seriously injured
Note: Lahr AB was French until 1967, operated "a handfull T-33" (1er EC) from MAR 1956
Sources:
Neckar-Bote 4 August 1956, p4
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2025 15:28 | TB | Added |
| 21-Apr-2025 16:24 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 26-Apr-2025 14:12 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 26-Apr-2025 14:14 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 17-May-2025 15:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-May-2025 08:08 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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