ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55937
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| Date: | Friday 21 August 1981 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | JG 74 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 37+72 |
| MSN: | 4522 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Sardinia -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Decimomannu AB (DCI/LIED) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into Mediterranean Sea during combat training; both crew members ejected with high ejection load after compressor stall; the WSO Hptm Elmar Blind (38)** recovered critical injured; the pilot Fähnrich Josef Vetter (29) was killed, as parachute did not open (2.) or because of the high ejection load (4.).
**he died about 20 years later as a result of the multible injuries
Sources:
L'Unita 22 August 1981, p5
Hamburger Abendblatt 22.8.1981
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194436/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1981.htm
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//forum/showthread.php?45340-Liste-der-Abstürze-von-Bundeswehr-Maschinen/page5
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2009 11:57 | harro | Updated |
| 25-May-2011 16:32 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2011 16:50 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2011 17:50 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2011 07:06 | TB | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 30-Jun-2011 23:56 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2020 19:21 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-Feb-2020 20:11 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2020 20:06 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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