Bird strike Incident Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 23+08,
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Date:Tuesday 19 September 1978
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
Owner/operator:MFG2 Marineflieger
Registration: 23+08
MSN: 7191
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Baltic Sea, near Anholt, Kattegat. -   Denmark
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Engine failure after bird strike during low-level flight over the Kattegat, Baltic Sea; OLtzS Michael Mollenhauer ejected safely and rescued by swedish ship.

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm
Hamburger Abendblatt 20.9.1978

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Jun-2011 09:56 TB Added
11-Jun-2011 02:27 TB Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
25-Jul-2011 11:33 TB Updated [Operator]
30-Oct-2019 20:18 TB Updated [Operator, Source]
13-Jan-2020 13:08 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]
30-Jan-2020 08:37 TB Updated [Operator]
05-Feb-2020 19:37 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]

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