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| Date: | Wednesday 16 April 1980 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado MRCA |
| Owner/operator: | WTD 61 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 98+05 |
| MSN: | P04 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Geiselhöring -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Manching |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on testflight when a loop set too low; Ludwig Obermeier (pilot) and Kurt Schreiber (navigator).
Presumably while training for ILA-1980 Airshow
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 17.4.1980
http://web.archive.org/web/20150923234910/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Tornado_Germany.htm
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Aviation_Week_Space_Technology/7H0gAAAAMAAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=Kurt+Schreiber+navigator&dq=Kurt+Schreiber+navigator&printsec=frontcover
https://books.google.com/books/content?id=8U3WPLOXM0sC&pg=PA1243&img=1&pgis=1&dq=Kurt+Schreiber+navigator&bul=1&sig=ACfU3U2l3cx9ctB9YgcBMnDXIlR1KdZALQ&edge=0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2011 16:21 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Narrative, ] |
| 28-May-2011 17:14 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-May-2011 09:52 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2011 07:39 | wiesenbefeuchter | Updated [Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Mar-2012 05:57 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2020 09:38 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 09-Jun-2025 16:38 | sea | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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