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| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | seat | photo |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | seat | photo |
| 5th January 1984 |
GAF |
Panavia Tornado | 43+39 | JbG.38 |
Training flight. Crashed at Vlieland during simulated bomb attack on the Dutch range |
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| OLtzS Stawny killed |
??? DETAILS |
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| 9th January 1984 |
Navy |
Panavia Tornado | 43+66 | MfG.1 |
Control loss during practice aerial combatCrashed near Samsų |
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OLtzS P. K. Schmerder |
OLtzS Hansen Hagge | |||||||
| 11th January 1984 |
USN |
A-6 Intruder | USS John F. Kennedy | launching bar broke went over the front of the carrier | ||||
| Lt. William Davis ejected landed back on the carrier | Lt. (jg) Mark Beach ejected - parachute caught on tail of another A-6 and was left dangling over the side or the carrier until pulled to safety | |||||||
| 17th January 1984 | RAF | Jaguar T2 | XX915/15 | EPTS |
No. 2 engine ignited fuel leaking from a failed No. 1 engine during an emergency landing at Boscombe Down. Crashed onto open farm land. |
Sqn. Ldr. T. N. Allen ejected and landed on the Chemical Research Establishment at Poron Down |
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| 18th January 1984 | USN | F‑14A Tomcat |
59840 NH 106 |
VF‑114 CVW‑9 USS Enterprise CVAN-65 |
lost power during single engined night approach to the carrier into Pacific off California | Martin-Baker | ||
| Lt. Cdr. T. R. Brown ejected | Lt.JG D. P. Rouse ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 23rd January 1984 |
HAF |
Mirage | Capt. L. Angelopoulos | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 24th January 1984 |
GAF |
F-104 | ||||||
| 1.Lt. Tesmer | Capt. Zabler |
11jan84 154132 A‑6E AC 556 VA‑85, into Mediterranean off USS John F Kennedy, during launch from USS John F Kennedy,
crew ejected safely
17jan84 154410 TA‑7C NJ 203 VA‑122, nr NAS Fallon, NV, USA, engine failure, crew ejected safely
181an84 154652 TA‑4F SC 30 VMAT‑102, Yuma MCAS, AZ, USA, hit an animal on the runway during take‑off and caught fire,
crew ejected safely
159840 F‑14A NH 106 VF‑114, into Pacific off California oft USS Enterprise, CA, USA, lost power during single
engined night approach to the USS Enterprise, crew ejected safely
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | seat | photo |
| 6th February 1984 |
RAF |
Tornado GR1 | ZA451 | 15 Sqn | Struck by lightning. Caught fire and crashed near Jever, West Germany | Martin-Baker Mk.10 | ||
| Flt. Lt. F. P. Smith ejected | Sqn. Ldr. L. Travers Smith ejected | Martin-Baker Mk.10 | ||||||
| 7th February 1984 |
RAF |
Hawk T.1 | XX288 | 2 TWU |
Following engine malfunction Abandoned after touchdown. Crashed at Swansea Airport |
Flg. Off. G. T. Bagwell ejected | Martin-Baker | |
| 18th February 1984 | USAF | F-4C Phantom | 64-0686 | 122nd TFS La ANG | ??? | |||
| Capt. D. Kline ejected | ||||||||
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21st February / June
1984 CHECK DATE |
Indian A. F. |
Kiran HJT-16 | AFA | Flt Lt Stephen | ||||
| Flt Cdt Shankar Krishnamurthy | Date not exact - only year is confirmed as 1984 |
13feb84 157458 A‑7E AE 414 VA‑87, off USS Independence, pilot ejected safely
29feb84 72‑0122 F‑4E SP 52nd TFW, nr Spangdahlem AB, West Germany, on approach, crew ejected safely
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 1st March 1984 |
USAF |
F-4 Phantom II | ?? | Martin-Baker Mk.7 | ||||
| ?? | Martin-Baker Mk.7 | |||||||
| 5th March 1984 |
Chile |
C.101 | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 5th or 6th March 1984 |
RAF |
Phantom FGR2 | XT891 | 228 OCU | overshoot at RAF Waddington | Flt. Lt. R. Newton | Martin-Baker Mk.7 | |
| Flt. Lt. T. J. Nolan | Martin-Baker Mk.7 | |||||||
| 6th March 1984 |
RAAF |
Mirage | crashed in Malaya | Flt. Lt. McCormack ejected | Martin-Baker | |||
| 8th March 1984 |
Switz |
Hunter | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 8th March 1984 |
Switz |
Hunter | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 12th March 1984 |
Fr AF |
Mirage | ADJ Bury | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 13th March 1984 |
SAAF |
Mirage | Capt. D. Holdsworth | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 13th March 1984 |
Pak |
Mirage | Martin-Baker | |||||
| 15th March 1984 |
USN |
A‑7E |
160880 NF 315 |
VA‑93 USS Midway |
slow speed launch off USS Midway crashed into Arabian Sea | pilot ejected safely | Escapac | |
| 15th March 1984 |
USAF |
T‑38A | 14th FTW | collided with T‑38A 66‑4331 nr Dime, AL, USA, , 3 pilots killed |
one of the crew
ejected more details needed to match aircraft to ejectee |
Weber | ||
| 16th March 1984 |
RN |
Sea Harrier FRS1 | XZ496/126 | 800 Sqn | Engine failure alongside HMS Illustrious. Crashed into the sea off Norway | Lt. Cdr. Watson | Martin-Baker | |
| 20th March 1984 |
Fr AF |
Jaguar | Lt. Pernod | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 20th March 1984 |
Fr AF |
Mirage | CNE D. E. Saxce | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 21st March 1984 |
RAF |
Hawk T1 | XX251 | Red Arrows |
Hit the ground during display practice at Akrotiri, Cyprus The impact forced the ejection seat through the canopy and deployed the chute dragging the pilot out |
Inadvertent ejection | Martin-Baker | |
| 21st March 1984 |
Ind AF |
Kiran | Cadet V. Sivaraman | Martin-Baker | ||||
| Cadet Vishvakarma | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 22nd March 1984 |
USAF |
F-4E Phantom II |
74-1647 SPY |
52TFW Spangdahlem, Germany | Dual Engine Fire due to improperly installed afterburner liners. Crashed near Eberbach South of Frankfurt, Germany | Capt Frank Cantrell ejected 8500ft at approx 380Kts | Martin-Baker Mk.7 | |
| Capt Mike Carter ejected 8500ft at approx 380Kts | Martin-Baker Mk.7 | |||||||
| 27th March 1984 |
Libya |
Mirage | Lt. Salhen | Martin-Baker |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 2nd April 1984 |
USN |
F-4S Phantom II |
155757 NF 112 |
VA-122 USS Midway |
Crashed into North Arabian Sea during take-off | |||
| Pilot killed | RIO Lt. (jg) G. G. Sigler ejected | |||||||
| 4th April 1984 | USSR | MiG-31 | serial 832 | Systems failure, aircraft crashed both killed |
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no ejection | |
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Test Pilot Aleksandr |
crewmember Valerie Sergeyevich Zaytsev killed | no ejection | ||||||
| 8th April 1984 |
(PAF) |
SY.F6 | Flt. Lt. S.Yar | |||||
| 11th April 1984 | Ind AF | Jaguar | Flt. Lt. S. Atwal | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 12th April 1984 |
Bulgarian A.F. |
FIRST BULGARIAN AF LOSS OF FOXBAT | ||||||
| MiG-25RBT |
Red 73 736 |
Tolbukhin AB | weather rapidly deteriorated when fog spread across the airfield. Directed to land at nearby Baltchik AB. Crashed after it ran out of fuel | Capt. L. Tcholakov successfully ejected and landed without injuries in a field in darkness | KM-1 | |||
| 15th April 1984 | Classified | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 25th April 1984 |
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MiG‑21 SPS‑K |
7301 674 |
JG‑1 | undercarriage damage. Crashed Schweinitz, Germany | Lt Frank Becker ejected | KM-1 | |
| 26th April 1984 |
RAAF |
Mirage III-D | A3-105 | 2-OCU | 7 nm east of Darwin, NT Undercarriage malfunction at night. | Martin-Baker | ||
| FLTLT J. Barden (captain) ejected at 3,000 ft and 200 kts with only minor injuries | SBLT J. Conlan RAN, (student) ejected at 3,000 ft and 200 kts with only minor injuries | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 26th April 1984 |
USAF |
Soviet built MiG-23 | Tonopah, USA | Test flying an "Air Force specially modified test aircraft" |
Lt Gen. Robert Bond, Vice Commander of Air Force Systems Command ejected near Tonopah |
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| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | seat | photo |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | seat | photo |
| 3rd May 1984 |
RAAF |
Mirage III-OA | A3-76 | ARDU |
17 nm
northwest of
RAAF Edinburgh, SA Undercarriage malfunction. PilotRAAF |
FLTLT T. McCormick ejected at 3,000 ft and 300 kts with only minor injuries. | Martin-Baker | |
| 8th May 1984 |
Singapore |
Strike Master | ||||||
| Lt. M. Lim ejected | Cadet Anselm ejected | |||||||
| 8th May 1984 |
HAF |
F-5 | Lt. G.Moraitis | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 9th May 1984 | Civ | Mirage | M. Jean Michel Saget | |||||
| 10th May 1984 | Classified | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 14th May 1984 | Fr AF | Jaguar | Capt. L. Eyharts | |||||
| 17th May 1984 |
USAF |
F-4 Phantom | ||||||
| ejected | ejected | |||||||
| 22nd May 1984 | U-2R | Capt. David Bonsi | ||||||
| 23rd May 1984 |
USAF |
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| 1.Lt. W. E. Harvey | Capt. K. B. Harrison | |||||||
| 24th May 1984 | RAF | Hunter | Flt. Lt. M. Hale | |||||
| 27th May 1984 |
RAAF |
Mirage | crashed near Darwin | Pilot F. Off. John Quaife ejected |
05may84 149654 A‑4E OG 04 VMA‑131, nr NAS Cecil Field, FL, USA, birdstrike, pilot ejected safely
68‑10333 U‑2R 9th SRW, nr Osan AB, South Korea, shortly after take‑off; tail section broke off after explosion,
pilot ejected safely
24may84 153477 TA‑4J B 217 VT‑22, hit ground near target during weapons training sortie, pilot ejected safely
158476 TA‑4J UE15 VC‑5, into the sea, hit water short of runway during night touch‑and‑go, 1 crew killed, 1
ejected safely
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | seat | photo |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | seat | photo |
| 1st June 1984 | FAB Brazil |
AMX
A-1 first prototype, A.01 |
MM X594 [Italian registration] |
turbine suffered a surge during the approach for landing. Quarantelli stayed with the malfunctioning first prototype of the Italian / Brazilian AMX to clear populated areas near Turin-Caselle Airport rather than eject at a safe altitude | Aeritalia chief test pilot, Manlio Quarantelli ejected. Died later due to the wounds suffered, given the high vertical speed of the falling aircraft | Martin-Baker | ||
| 1st June 1984 | Ind AF | Jaguar | Sqn. Ldr. G. Singh | |||||
| 1st June 1984 | Fr AF | Mirage | Grossette | Martin-Baker | ||||
| 1st June 1984 |
USAF |
F-4E Phantom II | 67-0271 |
37th TFW West Germany |
Mid-air collision near Aurich inbound to Jever Air Base | Martin-Baker | ||
| ejected | ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 1st June 1984 |
USAF |
F-4G Phantom II |
69-7223 WW |
37th TFW West Germany |
Martin-Baker | |||
| ejected | ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 1st June 1984 |
USAF |
F-5F |
83-0072 WW |
57th FWW Hill Air Force Base |
Crashed near base | Pilot ejected | Northrop | |
| 3rd June 1984 |
RAF |
Harrier GR3 | XZ135 | 4 Sqn | engine fire and emergency landing during air display Aschaffenburg Germany | Flt. Lt. N. Gilchrist ejected | Martin-Baker | |
| 5th June 1984 | Classified | |||||||
| 11th June 1984 |
HAF |
F-4E Phantom |
4833 74-1619 |
339 MPK | Lt. Giannaros | Martin-Baker | ||
| Lt. Outsios | Martin-Baker | |||||||
| 15th June 1984 | Italy | F-104 | Lt. B. Massimo | |||||
| 19th June 1984 |
Danish |
F-16B Block 10 | ET-209 | Esk 726 | Collided over Fyn Island, Denmark, with F-16B (78-0211, ET-211) | Lieutenant Egon Christensen ejected but hit the canopy and didn't survive | ACES II | |
| SA Flemming Mortensen ejected but hit the canopy and didn't survive | ACES II | |||||||
| 19th June 1984 |
Danish |
F-16B Block 10B | ET-211 | Esk 727 | Collided over Fyn Island, Denmark, with F-16B (78-0209, ET-209) | Captain Ole Bria Lesse ejected safelyl | ACES II | |
| no other crew member | ACES II | |||||||
| 22nd June 1984 | RCAF | LAST CRASH OF A CANADIAN VOODOO | ||||||
| CF-101F Voodoo | 56-0328 [CAF 101007] | No. 409 Sqn |
lost near CFB [Canadian Forces Base] Comox, on the east coast of Vancouver Island
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Capt. Tom Chester ejected landed with minor injuries on Texada Island | Captain Bernie Hughes ejected landed with minor injuries on Texada Island |
Weber improved ejection seats |
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