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| Date: | Friday 10 August 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair CF-104 Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 12742 |
| MSN: | 683A-1042 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RCAF Cold Lake, AB -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Cold Lake, AB |
| RCAF Cold Lake, AB |
Delivered 1 May 1962. Served at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta with No. 6 (ST/R) Operational Training Unit. Lost on 10 August 1962. Immediately after take off from a touch-and-go landing, flames were seen emanating from the engine tail pipe due to an oil pump failure. The aircraft climbed to 100 feet above the runway with an increasing nose-up attitude. The pilot ejected with a good parachute, but was fatally injured when his parachute disintegrated due to the proximity of the burning aircraft wreckage. F/L J.R. Mulhall was killed. Aircraft formally struck off charge 14 September 1962.
Sources:
http://rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_12700_12750_detailed.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20171106232040/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Canadian_CF-104.htm
http://canadianstarfighterassociation.org/memoriam.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2011 01:46 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 17-Jan-2013 13:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-May-2013 19:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 01-Feb-2016 17:26 | yukonjack | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Aug-2017 08:27 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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