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| Date: | Thursday 4 December 1980 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | JBG 31 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 20+58 |
| MSN: | 2067 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Houverath/Erkelenz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Decimomannu AB |
| RAF Wildenrath |
Mid-air collision with Luftwaffe F-104 21+43 during frequency change on approach to RAF Wildenrath; Hptm Arno Ewald emergency landed the aircraft at RAF Wildenrath, but the damage was beyond economical repair.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2058.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jun-2011 03:08 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jun-2011 03:34 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, ] |
| 04-Jan-2020 19:07 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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