Incident Lockheed F-104F Starfighter BB+375,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55903
 
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Date:Wednesday 29 March 1961
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed F-104F Starfighter
Owner/operator:WaSLw10 Luftwaffe
Registration: BB+375
MSN: 5062
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Korbach -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Nörvenich AB (ETNN)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Engine failure due to malfunction of the fuel control unit; Hptm Hans-Ulrich Flade and OLt Wolfgang Strenkert ejected.

Sources:

1. http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/bb375.htm
2. http://www.cactus-starfighter-staffel.de/public/html/f-104_verluste.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm
4. Passauer Neue Presse 30.3.1961
5. http://archive.is/GIoh

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Jun-2011 14:18 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
03-Jun-2011 01:58 TB Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Jun-2011 02:12 TB Updated [Source]
27-Jun-2012 02:50 TB Updated [Phase, Source]
12-Aug-2017 08:31 TB Updated [Source]
01-Jan-2020 07:36 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]

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