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| Date: | Thursday 17 February 1972 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | WaSLw10 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 27+91 |
| MSN: | 5921 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cleverns-Sandel -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Flugplatz Jever |
| Flugplatz Jever |
Hit a church tower and some trees during night radar approach and crashed in a field. Student OTL Werner Böhm ejected safely, but instructor OLt Gerd-Conrad Schwab was killed.
Sources:
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2791.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
Hamburger Abendblatt 18.2.1972
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2011 09:57 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2011 10:01 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 15-Jun-2011 13:15 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 15-Jun-2011 13:17 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 01-Jan-2020 19:11 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 12-Jan-2022 11:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Jul-2025 13:48 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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