Accident Lockheed QF-104A Starfighter 55-2963, Thursday 1 February 1962
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Date:Thursday 1 February 1962
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed QF-104A Starfighter
Owner/operator:3205th Drone Sqn USAF
Registration: 55-2963
MSN: 183-1009
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gulf of Mexico -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
shot down as drone by a BOMARC ground-to-air missile on its first "unmanned" flight

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20090114050419/http://www.i-f-s.nl:80/cn/183-1009.htm
http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_QFs.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Dec-2010 12:58 757 Added
17-Feb-2012 03:10 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Plane category, ]
22-Oct-2014 18:33 Anon. Updated [Operator, Location, ]
30-Oct-2014 09:02 Earl Updated [Operator, ]

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