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| Date: | Tuesday 17 August 1965 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104F Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | WaSLw10 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | BB+364 |
| MSN: | 5051 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wangerland -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Fliegerhorst Jever/LWS |
Crashed into the sea after a night landing. (1) Right gear collapse due to heavy landing made with high sink rate. Controlled ejection. Instructor KptLt Eberhard Eichler and student Hptm Dietmar Engel ejected safely but injured. (?) Engel was the Instructor pilot.
Sources:
(1) http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/bb364.htm
Passauer Neue Presse 21.8.1965, p5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jun-2011 10:11 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Dec-2012 07:05 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 31-Dec-2012 08:49 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jan-2014 09:12 | Pilot 1975 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 20-Oct-2014 14:51 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jan-2020 08:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jun-2025 14:59 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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