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| Date: | Tuesday 19 June 1962 |
| Time: | c. 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104F Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | WaSLw10 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | BB+387 |
| MSN: | 5074 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Balkhausen/Kerpen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nörvenich AB |
Four Luftwaffe F-104F Starfighters were lost when they flew into the ground together while descending through a cloud bank in formation, while practising for the introduction-to-service ceremony for the type. Pilot OLt Heinz Freye (27).
The accident was thought to be caused by spatial disorientation of one of the (trainee) wingmen.
Sources:
Colonel Bruce Jones, USAF (retired), as a result of a conversation with the pilot of the chase plane, Maj. Tom Perfili
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/Kriegsopfer-Heinz-Freye_Soldaten_0_592066.html
http://www.ksta.de/kerpen/starfighter-absturz-sturzflug-in-den-tod,15189188,16429834.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2009 01:39 | angels one five | Updated |
| 07-Jul-2010 11:48 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jul-2010 11:52 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 02-Jun-2011 15:07 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2011 16:06 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2011 16:08 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 04-Jun-2011 02:28 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 16-May-2013 08:08 | speerj | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-May-2013 09:25 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 09-Oct-2013 18:09 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2013 18:14 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 01-Jan-2020 07:38 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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