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| Date: | Friday 8 August 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | Flyvevåbnet |
| Registration: | R-343 |
| MSN: | 6042 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bovbjerg Fyr/Ferring -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Training dogfight with a danish F-100, crashed in sea.
Cause: unknown. Pilot S.B. Mortensen possibly lost orientation during a vertical manover och suffered a blackout.
Sources:
http://www.stall.dk/flyvevaabnets-historie-fra-1945/fly-gennem-tiden.aspx
http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_RDAF_serial.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2012 05:03 | Masen63 | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2016 10:40 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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