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| Date: | Wednesday 24 April 1996 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | JG 71 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 38+59 |
| MSN: | 4772 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Baltrum -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wittmund |
| Rheine-Hopsten AB |
Crashed into North Sea near the small island of Baltrum; pilot (OLt, 28) and WSO (Hptm, 29) ejected to safety after fire brocke out in front of the cockpit, which could't extinguished by the crew.
Sources:
Flight International 4-10 June 1997
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194255/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1969.htm
Hamburger Abendblatt 25.4.1996
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2011 15:48 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-May-2011 16:14 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Dec-2019 22:07 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 03-Feb-2020 10:14 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 20:09 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 30-Dec-2020 11:04 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
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