Accident Lockheed F-104F Starfighter BB+370,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55897
 
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Date:Tuesday 19 June 1962
Time:c. 15:15 LT
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+370
MSN: 5057
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Balkhausen/Kerpen -   Germany
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Nörvenich AB
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
T/o ar 15:00 hrs. Capt John G. Speer (USAF, 29).
Shreds of a parachute beside the body of one pilot indicated that at least one of the four pilots tryed to eject prior to impact.

Sources:

https://www.flugzeugforum.de//forum/showthread.php?41874-Nörvenich-19.06.1962
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm
Hamburger Abendblatt 20.6./21.6.1962

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Jul-2010 11:55 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Jun-2011 15:10 TB Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
02-Jun-2011 15:47 TB Updated [Narrative]
04-Jun-2011 02:41 TB Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
09-Oct-2013 17:40 TB Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Oct-2013 18:11 TB Updated [Location]
01-Jan-2020 07:41 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
01-Jan-2020 07:41 stehlik49 Updated [Departure airport, Operator]

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