Mid-air collision Accident Panavia Tornado IDS 43+26,
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Date:Wednesday 27 January 1999
Time:14:58
Type:Silhouette image of generic TOR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Panavia Tornado IDS
Owner/operator:JBG 38 Luftwaffe
Registration: 43+26
MSN: GS009/4026
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:30 km north of Norderney -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Mid-air collision with Tornado 44+36 over the North Sea, about 30 km north of Norderney during 2v2 DACT setup against F-4's. Pilot Oberst Udo Wagner and WSO Major Andreas Will missing, presumed dead. Search abandonned 16.2.1999. The body of the pilot was found in the sea five month later.

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20150923234910/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Tornado_Germany.htm
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
Hamburger Abendblatt 28.1./17.2./21.6.1999

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Jun-2011 11:10 TB Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
01-Jun-2011 15:04 TB Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
18-Jan-2014 19:22 TB Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative]
31-Dec-2019 21:55 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Operator]
30-Jan-2020 14:18 TB Updated [Operator, Location]
05-Feb-2020 20:04 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]

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