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| Date: | Friday 14 September 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed QF-104A Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | 3205th Drone Sqn USAF |
| Registration: | 55-2968 |
| MSN: | 183-1014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | at sea in the Gulf of Mexico -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Over the Gulf of Mexico, it went out of control and crashed at sea. It was flying its second unmanned flight.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20090101122910/http://www.i-f-s.nl:80/cn/183-1014.htm
http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_QFs.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2010 08:33 | 757 | Added |
| 17-Feb-2012 03:11 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Plane category, ] |
| 05-Oct-2014 19:43 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 09-Nov-2014 13:29 | Repac | Updated [Operator, ] |
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