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| Date: | Tuesday 7 July 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American F-100F Super Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | Flyvevåbnet |
| Registration: | GT-981 |
| MSN: | 261-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Emsdetten -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Flyvestation Karup, Denmark |
Shooting exercise, GT-781 acting as leader. Turning for attack, leader changed from right to left side in the formation, the other a/c lost visual of the leader. He observed an explosion on the ground shortly after. Pilot had tried to eject but was too low.
Sources:
Scramble
http://www.stall.dk/flyvevaabnets-historie-fra-1945/fly-gennem-tiden.aspx ex.58-6981.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2012 01:51 | Masen63 | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jun-2013 16:42 | Uli Elch | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2015 07:44 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jan-2016 20:37 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Feb-2017 15:26 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 21-May-2018 18:02 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Source, ] |
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