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| Date: | Tuesday 1 July 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | JBG 34 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 22+54 |
| MSN: | 7134 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fünfleiten/Falkenberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Memmingerberg AB |
Collided with electricity pylon while came too low during the pull-up after simulated attack on tanks; Hptm Axel Ruge killed; aircraft crashed between Fünfleiten and Unterrohrbach, next to B20.
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/2254.htm
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//forum/archive/index.php/t-47306.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jun-2011 13:46 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jun-2011 13:48 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 03-Jan-2020 09:38 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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