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| Date: | Monday 15 March 1976 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | MFG2 Marineflieger |
| Registration: | 26+73 |
| MSN: | 7419 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerheversand -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Engine failure due to bird strike (geese) at 300 feet and crashed into the Waddensea (mudflats) near Westerheversand (terp with a lighthouse), about 2,5 km SW of Westerhever; KptLt Eckhart Hahn ejected.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2673.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2009 11:41 | zerocinquanta | Added |
| 09-Jun-2011 03:47 | TB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2011 06:39 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jul-2011 11:31 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 30-Oct-2019 20:14 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jan-2020 09:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2020 08:39 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 19:25 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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