Incident Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 22+76,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55842
 
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Date:Thursday 27 May 1971
Time:08:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
Owner/operator:MFG1 Marineflieger
Registration: 22+76
MSN: 7158
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Eems, Uithuizen, Groningen prv -   Netherlands
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Schleswig-Jagel AB (ETNS)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed during radar low-level into Waddenzee south of Borkum after engine failure due to fuel feed control problems; OLtzS Günter Kohlke (34) ejected safely.

Sources:

http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2276.htm
Hamburger Abenblatt 28.5.1971, p18

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Jun-2011 09:33 TB Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
16-Jun-2011 16:08 TB Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative]
13-Jan-2013 13:12 TB Updated [Source]
06-Jun-2019 11:13 Cobar Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport]
29-Oct-2019 14:15 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
30-Oct-2019 20:04 TB Updated [Operator, Location]
30-Oct-2019 20:51 TB Updated [Operator]
02-Jan-2020 09:11 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]
30-Jan-2020 08:43 TB Updated [Operator]
05-Feb-2020 15:58 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]
20-Jun-2022 03:33 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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