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| Date: | Friday 11 February 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | JBG 31 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | DA+240 |
| MSN: | 2061 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nörvenich AB -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Nörvenich AB |
Undershot runway on landing in poor visibility; aircraft collided with approach lights touching down about 800 meters (about 1,2 km**) short of the runway; Fw Dietrich Bressem was severely injured.
Sources:
ANP
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/da240.htm
Hamburger Abendblatt 12.2.1966, p1**
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2009 00:57 | harro | Updated |
| 07-Jul-2010 12:09 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 19-Jun-2011 08:12 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jun-2011 14:30 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2013 11:05 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jan-2020 09:21 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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