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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 2004 |
| Time: | 10:13 LT |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado IDS |
| Owner/operator: | AG 51 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 44+24 |
| MSN: | GS086/4124 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Medehop/Tating -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hohn |
Collided with Tornado 45+18 during turn in formation in 5000 meters altitude over St Peter-Ording. Both aircraft caught fire and crashed in a pasture about 2 km's north of Tating, 8 km's west of the collision point. Pilot Major Arndt Freiberger (41) and WSO OLt Sebastian Schulz (28) ejected but did not survive.
Sources:
Scramble 301
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Tornado_Germany
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
Hamburger Abendblatt 22.4./23.4./24.4./29.4.2004
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2011 10:06 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jun-2011 13:53 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jun-2011 14:02 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2011 01:03 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2011 01:04 | TB | Updated |
| 18-Jan-2014 19:40 | TB | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Dec-2019 21:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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