Bird strike Incident Canadair CF-104 Starfighter 12752,
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Date:Thursday 5 March 1964
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Owner/operator:Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
Registration: 12752
MSN: 683A-1052
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:NW of Cold Lake, Alberta (CYOD) -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta
Destination airport:RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The No. 6 (ST/R) Operational Training Unit CF-104 crashed on 5 March 1964, NW of CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, probably due to a bird strike. During low-level practice bombing run, ingested a piece of aircraft skin, engine failed, zoom climb but unable to relight, pilot - F/O A. Doran - ejected safely. Struck off charge 30 April 1964

Sources:

Starfighter, Retrospective of Canadian CF-104 1961-1986, David L. Bashow. ISBN 0-919195-12-1 (Pg 213)
http://rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_12751_12800_detailed.htm
http://canadianstarfighterassociation.org/aircraftfate1.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20171106232040/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Canadian_CF-104.htm
Lethbridge Herald, 6 Mar. 1964

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Dec-2008 00:11 WJR Updated
26-Aug-2011 01:30 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source]
17-Jan-2013 15:57 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Jul-2014 16:09 wjr Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
24-Jul-2014 16:45 wjr Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
24-Mar-2016 20:41 yukonjack Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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