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| Date: | Thursday 12 May 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fairey Gannet AS Mk4 |
| Owner/operator: | MFG3 Marineflieger |
| Registration: | UA+115 |
| MSN: | F9372 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberbeuren -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kaufbeuren Air Base |
| Nordholz AB |
Crashed shortly after take-off due to pilot error and burned; the aircraft was one of four on a navigation flight back to Nordholz and the last which taking off; two Offz and one Fw died.
Sources:
MFG3
flugzeugforum.de
Hamburger Abendblatt 13.5.1966
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Aug-2010 02:35 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Apr-2011 15:38 | TB | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-May-2011 06:32 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Oct-2019 13:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 30-Oct-2019 19:01 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 30-Oct-2019 19:54 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 01-Jan-2020 09:07 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2020 08:23 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 19:07 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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