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| Date: | Thursday 12 January 1961 |
| Time: | forenoon |
| Type: |  Canadair Sabre VI (F-86F) |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | JD+240 |
| MSN: | 1637 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wietmarschen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Alhorn |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mid-air collision with Sabre JD+249 and RNAF aircraft; OLt Horst Arnoldt (JG71) ejected, but was killed.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20110705031202/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/GermanSabres.htm
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
Hamburger Abendblatt 13.1.1961
Passauer Neue Presse 13.1.1961
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2011 14:13 | TB | Added |
| 19-May-2011 10:28 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2011 16:02 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2011 16:08 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2011 01:16 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jun-2012 05:32 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 04-Oct-2020 12:04 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 05:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 08:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-Jun-2022 03:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 27-May-2024 16:06 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
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