Serial | 683D-9098 | |||||||||||||||
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Model | F-104G Starfighter | |||||||||||||||
Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
Comments | w/o 6/6/1969 flew as wingman in a mass-formation to celebrate 25th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. During a flypast at high speed part of the main landing gear extracted & parts of the wing and flaps were torn off. Pilot kept a/c under control & flew to an empty area near Florennes and subsequently ejected. | |||||||||||||||
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