ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60399
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 December 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle |
| Owner/operator: | 525th TFS, 36th TFW, USAF |
| Registration: | 75-0063 |
| MSN: | 0166/A-142 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bevern, Kreis Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bitburg AFB, Rhineland-Palatinate (BBJ/ERAB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Caught fire during Air Combat Manouevre mission and crashed in the village Bevern, Niedersachsen, Germany. The pilot bailed out and landed in Essen ( Oldenburg ).
A three-aircraft flight left Bitburg for an Air Combat Tactics/Air Refuelling mission. Transit to the training area was uneventful. Combat started when Growl 17 (the mishap aircraft) made a radar lock on Growl 18 and began a rear attack. The aircraft closed on its target, attempting a high-angle gun shot. Growl 18 saw Growl 17 overshoot and burst into flames, and its pilot called "punch out, punch out!" Growl 16 saw a parachute shortly before the aircraft hit the ground. The pilot received minor injuries.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_F-15_losses#1970s
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1975.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20171029221354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/f-15.htm
4. http://www.f-15.nl/wo.html
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=01347204]
6. german aircraft crash site researcher Volker Urbansky email:v.urbansky@t-online.de
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2012 16:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2012 12:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2015 12:23 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 12-Jul-2016 00:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 04-Mar-2017 16:12 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Mar-2018 16:58 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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