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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1991 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado GR1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | ZA376 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lübberstedt, Kreis Osterholz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
During a bounce manoeuvre with two other Tornados the pilot over banked while in the decent and control was lost. At 200 ft the pilot felt that he was regaining control but the navigator selected command ejection and exited both of them from the aircraft.
Sources:
Flight International 13-19 May 1992
http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162447/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/tornado.htm
https://www.ukserials.com/
Weser-Kurier 11 May 1991, p17
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2009 11:34 | harro | Updated |
| 03-Jul-2011 22:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Aug-2012 12:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Apr-2017 21:30 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jun-2025 12:39 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, ] |
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