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| Date: | Tuesday 4 March 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | JBG 31 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 20+15 |
| MSN: | 2017 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Genk, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fliegerhorst Nörvenich |
Spatial disorientation while entering clouds over Helchteren Range. Crashed in industrial area of Genk-Sud, near Hasselt. OLt Werner Schreiber ejected safely.
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/2015.htm
Weser-Kurier 5 March 1980, p8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jun-2011 14:16 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2020 09:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 08-Nov-2022 13:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 03-Jun-2025 17:04 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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