ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55678
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| Date: | Friday 23 March 2001 |
| Time: | c. 20:00 LT |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado IDS |
| Owner/operator: | JBG 34 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 44+98 |
| MSN: | GS151/4198 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nellis Air Force Range, NV -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nellis AB, NV |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on Nellis Air Force Range, 160 km NW of Nellis AFB, NV during Red Flag exercise. Major Bernd Lothar Koch (36) and Hptm Michael Bieler (36, both from JBG33) were killed.
Sources:
Scramble 263
http://web.archive.org/web/20150923234910/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Tornado_Germany.htm
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
Hamburger Abendblatt 27.3.2001
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/luftwaffe-zwei-tote-nach-tornado-absturz-in-den-usa-161347.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2011 16:20 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2011 14:13 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Jul-2012 01:12 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2014 19:31 | TB | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2019 21:45 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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