Date:	Tuesday 28 January 1964
Time:	15:00
Type:	North American CT-39A Sabreliner
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	62-4448
MSN:	276-1
Year of manufacture:	1962
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6A Turbo Wasp
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	near Vogelsberg village, Thüringen -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Wiesbaden-Erbenheim (Y-80) Air Base (WIE/ETOU)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The USAF Sabreliner departed the West German air base Wiesbaden at 14:01. At crossed the East German border near Diedorf at 14:50, at an altitude of 8000 metres. Two Soviet MiG-19 fighters scrambled to intercept the plane, which had now flown 90 km into East Germany. The aircraft was shot down and crashed into Bonifacius Hill near Vogelsberg.

E-mail from Maik Kattner-Lorenz (13-11-2006, 30-11-2006)
DDR-Luftwaffe.de

photo (c) Maik Kattner-Lorenz; Vogelsberg

photo (c) Ralf Klaubel; Vogelsberg; 28 January 2005

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