Incident Republic RF-84F Thunderflash EB+306,
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Date:Thursday 9 August 1962
Time:forenoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic f84f model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Republic RF-84F Thunderflash
Owner/operator:Luftwaffe
Registration: EB+306
MSN: 52-7313
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Husum-Schwesing -   Germany
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Husum-Schwesing
Destination airport:Westerland/Sylt
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Collision with second F-84 (OLt Mundhenk) during takeoff run; both aircraft caught fire and broke through the barrier. OLt Rossmann suffering serious burns and his aircraft burned out, when crashed into perimeter fence.

Sources:

http://www.ag52-tgm.de/Chronik/Chronik_%20Teil1.pdf
http://www.ag52-tgm.de/Chronik/Chronik_%20Teil3.pdf
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-45124282.html
Passauer Neue Presse 10.8.1962, p2

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-May-2011 11:07 TB Added
27-May-2011 03:16 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
28-May-2011 05:17 TB Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Jun-2012 07:15 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
22-Jun-2012 08:04 TB Updated [Narrative]
25-Jul-2012 03:23 TB Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
10-May-2021 17:08 TB Updated [Operator, Source]

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