ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55542
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| Date: | Monday 18 February 1985 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  BAe Harrier II T.4 |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XW933 / AQ |
| MSN: | 212016 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bad Laer, 20 Km S of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gütersloh |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mid-air collision between RAF (3 Sqn) Harrier XW933/AQ and Luftwaffe (MFG2) F-104G Starfighter 26+70 over Osnabrück; pilot of the F-104 ejected safely, just like the student pilot of the Harrier jet; the Starfighter crashed at Blomberg near Bad laer.
Flg Off K.B. McCann (student, ejected)
Sqn Ldr A.B. Cogram (instructor, killed)
Sources:
NRC 19-2-1985
http://www.cactus-starfighter-staffel.de/public/html/f-104_verluste.html
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//forum/showthread.php?46244-R.A.F-Harrier-Absturz-in-Bad-Laer-am-18.02.1985 (German Text)
http://www.ukserials.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Laer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harrier_Jump_Jet_family_losses
http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20111206134315/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/modintranet/publications/aircraftAccidents/Harrier.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2008 01:18 | harro | Updated |
| 04-Jun-2011 14:14 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2011 14:47 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2011 14:14 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2011 00:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2013 16:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2021 19:14 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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