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Date: | Wednesday 23 October 1963 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Canadair CF-104 Starfighter |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
Registration: | 12793 |
MSN: | 683A-1093 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Siltzheim -
France
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | 3 Wing – RCAF Station Zweibrücken, Germany |
Destination airport: | 3 Wing – RCAF Station Zweibrücken, Germany |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:2 October 1962 - Taken on RCAF strength. The 427 (ST/A) Squadron pilot had completed a low-level night-time TACAN penetration mission and was on letdown to Zweibrücken when the aircraft struck the ground near Siltzheim, France, and was destroyed. The pilot did not eject and was killed in the crash. Possible cause was a misread altimeter.
Sources:
Canadian Armed Forces DFS "Flight Comment" 1966-3 MAY.JUNE (Pg 18)
Starfighter, Retrospective of Canadian CF-104 1961-1986, David L. Bashow. ISBN 0-919195-12-1 (Pg 26)
http://rcafassociation.ca/heritage/post-war-data/post-war-casualties-air-miscellaneous-units/ http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/4514455?Henry%20Bruce%20Webb%20Sheasby Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Aug-2011 01:51 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
17-Jan-2013 15:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
17-Jan-2013 15:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
04-Feb-2013 10:34 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
05-Jun-2013 07:55 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
23-Apr-2016 06:22 |
yukonjack |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |