ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55685
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| Date: | Monday 19 October 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado IDS |
| Owner/operator: | TTC/49FW Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 43+36 |
| MSN: | GS015/4036 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NAWC China Lake, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Holloman AFB, NM |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed over proving ground 240 km's NE from Los Angeles, CA. Hptm Bernd Kugler and Hptm Andreas Macha, both from JBG34 were killed. Aircraft hit mobile radar station and trailers, injuring six.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20150923234910/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Tornado_Germany.htm
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
Hamburger Abendblatt 21.10.1998
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2011 08:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2014 19:20 | TB | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2016 17:48 | Claws Tohsche | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2019 16:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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