ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47592
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Date: | Saturday 10 June 1978 |
Time: | |
Type: | Canadair CF-104 Starfighter |
Owner/operator: | Luftforsvaret (RNoAF) |
Registration: | 833 |
MSN: | 1133 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | ca 17 mi N of Andøya -
Norway
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Bodø Main Air Station |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The CF-104 of 334 Skv, crashed approximately 17 nautical miles north of Andøya on 10-Jun-1978. Pilot, Fenrick Stein Ekholt, was on a mission from Bodø air station to identify three unknown vessels some 32 nautical miles from Hillesøy radar. After circling the targets twice, the Starfighter flew into the sea 5 nautical miles to the south of the vessels, killing the pilot.
Sources:
http://starfighter.no/sq334-e.html http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_RNoAF_history_Herbote.pdf http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_RNoAF_334%20squadron.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Nov-2008 10:35 |
ASN archive |
Added |
25-Aug-2011 01:46 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
26-Oct-2015 20:59 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
10-Nov-2020 07:10 |
Cosmo |
Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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