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| Date: | Wednesday 14 March 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | JBG 34 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 26+32 |
| MSN: | 9184 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerheim -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Memmingen AB |
Compressor stall and engine failure after take-off due to foreign object damage (FOD); OLt Andreas Sindelar ejected, but was seriously injured.
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/2632.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2011 02:41 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2020 09:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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