Accident McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II 37+02,
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Date:Tuesday 21 April 1981
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic F4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II
Owner/operator:JG 71 Luftwaffe
Registration: 37+02
MSN: 4335
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Remels/Uplengen -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed after barrel roll at low altitude; both crew members (Major Gerhard Mayerhofer, Major Wolf-Dieter von Scheliha) did not eject and were killed; a house was hit and slightly damaged.

Sources:

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200082.html
Hamburger Abendblatt 22.4.1981, p1
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
JG71
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//forum/showthread.php?45340-Liste-der-Abstürze-von-Bundeswehr-Maschinen/page2

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Jan-2009 11:40 harro Updated
23-May-2011 16:20 TB Updated [Cn, Operator]
25-May-2011 16:06 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
25-May-2011 17:03 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
26-May-2011 04:27 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
27-May-2011 17:05 TB Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
24-Apr-2013 15:35 TB Updated [Location, Source]
20-Jan-2017 17:43 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
04-Jan-2020 19:10 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Phase, Operator]

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