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| Date: | Tuesday 7 December 1982 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | JBG 32 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 24+97 |
| MSN: | 8250 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea, off RAF Brawdy, Dyfed -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brawdy (EGDA) |
| Jever AB (ETNJ) |
Returned for emergency landing due to problems with the main gear doors after take-off; enountered engine problems due to a bird strike after lowering the gear and crashed into Irish Sea; pilot, Hauptmann Martin Dötzer ejected safely, and was quickly recovered. Per an eyewitness report:
"I was formation-leader. Martin didn't even get wet inside his immersion suit - well, the Brawdy chaps corrected that during the evening´s festivities while I had a quiet drink at the Valley Officers Mess - that is until those chaps found out who I was!"
Sources:
1. http://billy.hhvk-luftwaffe.buecher.officelive.com/Starfighterunfaelle.aspx
2. http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2497.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2011 06:56 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jun-2011 05:58 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jun-2011 06:09 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 10-Nov-2014 23:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2020 19:40 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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