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| Date: | Wednesday 29 March 1961 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104F Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | WaSLw10 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | BB+375 |
| MSN: | 5062 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Korbach -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nörvenich AB (ETNN) |
Engine failure due to malfunction of the fuel control unit; Hptm Hans-Ulrich Flade and OLt Wolfgang Strenkert ejected.
Sources:
1. http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/bb375.htm
2. http://www.cactus-starfighter-staffel.de/public/html/f-104_verluste.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm
4. Passauer Neue Presse 30.3.1961
5. http://archive.is/GIoh
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2011 14:18 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jun-2011 01:58 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jun-2011 02:12 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 27-Jun-2012 02:50 | TB | Updated [Phase, Source, ] |
| 12-Aug-2017 08:31 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 01-Jan-2020 07:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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