Bird strike Incident Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 24+97,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55721
 
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Date:Tuesday 7 December 1982
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
Owner/operator:JBG 32 Luftwaffe
Registration: 24+97
MSN: 8250
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Irish Sea, off RAF Brawdy, Dyfed -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Brawdy (EGDA)
Destination airport:Jever AB (ETNJ)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Returned for emergency landing due to problems with the main gear doors after take-off; enountered engine problems due to a bird strike after lowering the gear and crashed into Irish Sea; pilot, Hauptmann Martin Dötzer ejected safely, and was quickly recovered. Per an eyewitness report:

"I was formation-leader. Martin didn't even get wet inside his immersion suit - well, the Brawdy chaps corrected that during the evening´s festivities while I had a quiet drink at the Valley Officers Mess - that is until those chaps found out who I was!"

Sources:

1. http://billy.hhvk-luftwaffe.buecher.officelive.com/Starfighterunfaelle.aspx
2. http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2497.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Jun-2011 06:56 TB Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Jun-2011 05:58 TB Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Jun-2011 06:09 TB Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport]
10-Nov-2014 23:19 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Jan-2020 19:40 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]

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