ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54989
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 December 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair CF-104 Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 12746 |
| MSN: | 683A-1046 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cold Lake Air Weapons Range -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Cold Lake, Alberta |
| RCAF Cold Lake, Alberta | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Operated by No. 6 (ST/R) Operational Training Unit when it struck the ground during a night low-level radar navigation mission. The pilot died in the crash. The aircraft was located three and a half years after the crash by an observant crewman on an H34 helicopter transiting the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range.
F/L H.W. Robbins killed.
Sources:
Starfighter, Canadian CF-104 1961-1986, David L. Bashow. ISBN 0-919195-12-1
http://rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_12700_12750_detailed.htm
Canadian Forces DFS Flight Comment - 1970 November-December
RCAF Office of History Records.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2011 01:47 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Jan-2016 06:53 | yukonjack | Updated [Date, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2016 17:07 | yukonjack | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2020 06:54 | 425SqnRCAF | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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