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Aircraft by type |
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The Canadair Sabre in West German Service |
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This is the initial listing ejections invloving Canadair Sabres. The list is still being checked and will need amendments. Any obvious blunders, assigning the aircraft to the wrong country etc please let me know |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial |
based |
crashed | crew | seat | photo |
| 26-Sep-1958 |
GAF |
Sabre | 23111 (BB123) | WS10 | Hit trees on gunnery range Oldenburg | Flg. Off. R. K. Flavelle Ejected 1,200' | NAA | |
| 18-Oct-1960 |
GAF |
Sabre | BB-172 | WS10 | Mid-air near Groningen, Netherlands, with BB-273 | Lt. Holtgrewe | NAA | |
| 05-Dec-1960 |
GAF |
Sabre | 23655 | 421 | Jammed control column 2 killed on ground | Flt. Lt. H. H. Schoning Ejected at 1000' | NAA | |
| 7th December 1960 |
WGAF |
Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk.6 F-86 |
JA-239 |
![]() 10 FW JG 71 (Richtofen) based at Ahlhorn, West Germany. |
suffered an engine fire and crashed |
Flight Lieutenant Richard W (Dickie) Millward Royal Air Force exchange officer acting as the NATO Fighter Tactics Advisor to JG71 (Richthofen Wing) ejected |
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NAA |
| 12-Jan-1961 |
GAF |
Sabre | JD-249 | JG71 | Mid-air near Nordhorn with JD-240, and RNAF a/c also damaged | Stabsunteroffizier UweFischer ejected Horst Arnoldt killed | NAA | |
| 12-Jan-1961 |
GAF |
Sabre | JD-240 | JG71 | Mid-air with JD-249 | x | NAA | |
| 12-Apr-1961 |
GAF |
Sabre | BB-269 | WS10 | Compressor stall | Ejected | NAA | |
| 09-May-1961 |
GAF |
Sabre | JB-105 | JG72 | Mid-air with JB-121 | Ejected | NAA | |
| 12-Jun-1961 |
GAF |
Sabre | near Owschlag | Lt Beckmann and Stabsunteroffizier Schiuter ejected | NAA | |||
| ?? |
GAF |
Sabre | 23043 (BB-238) | Crashed on take off Oldenburg | pilot ejected | NAA | ||
| 09-Aug-1961 |
GAF |
Sabre | JB-362 | JG72 | Mid-air in turbulence | Stabsunteroffizier Dieter Kelle | NAA | |
| 20-Sep-1962 |
GAF |
Sabre | BBA67 | WS10 | Flame-out at Oldenburg | ?? | NAA | |
| 22-Apr-1963 |
GAF |
Sabre | BB-182 | ?? | Engine trouble | ?? | NAA | |
| 23-Aug-1963 |
GAF |
Sabre | JC-104 | JG73 | Fuel exhaustion in bad weather near Bernkastel-Kues | J Hueller | NAA | |
| 19-Mar-1964 |
GAF |
Sabre | JB-103 | ?? | Engine Failed near Leek | ?? | NAA | |
| 07-Jul-1964 |
GAF |
Sabre | JA-336 | JG71 | Hydraulic trouble near Seefelderaubendeich | Feldwebel Schuster Ejected | NAA | |
| 08-Jul-1964 |
GAF |
Sabre | JC-250 | ?? | Flame-out over Sardinia | ?? | NAA | |
| 16-Jul-1964 |
GAF |
Sabre | JC-104 | ?? | In-flight at Pferdsfeld | ?? | NAA | |
| 05-Aug-1964 |
GAF |
Sabre | JC-246 | ?? | Loss of control near Eclenkoben | Oberleutnant Liftel | NAA | |
| 27-Aug-1964 |
GAF |
Sabre | YA-041 | EST61 | Undercarriage problems Oberpfaffenhofen | Joe Detzer | NAA | |
| 03-Sep-1964 |
GAF |
Sabre | JD119 | JG72 | Crashed on approach to Husum-Schwesing, | Oberleutnant Peter Hoffman ejected too low - fatal | NAA | |
| 14-Feb-1966 |
GAF |
Sabre | JC-238 | JG42 | EngineFailure in icing conditions near Bad Kreuznach | Jochen Rack | NAA | |
| 09-Jan-1968 |
GAF |
Sabre | D-9522 | Condor | Lost power on approach to Westerland | Ejected | NAA |
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