After its crash in November 1978 D-8341 was used as a ground instruction air frame for future tug drivers. In 1981 major parts were used to prepare D-8279 as a gate guard.

Slide is part of my private collection. Picture was taken by Marinus Dirk Tabak. On November 21st, 1978, while landing together with collegue D-8098 at Wildenrath AB in Germany, this Starfighter collided with its forward cockpit section into the aft section of F-104G D-8098. The pilot of the D-8341 was tragically killed by this collision. It happened during a squadron exchange with RAF 19 Squadron at Wildenrath. The aircraft was declared written off and modified into a towing instruction airframe at Volkel Air Base.

Damaged beyond repair when it collided with D-8098 while landing at Wildenrath and later used for ground instruction. It was scrapped in the eighties.

Photo by Arie Kraak / KLu.

This Starfighter was involved in a horrible collission with D-8098 at RAF Wildenrath during a squadron exchange. D-8098 landed while D-8341 was supposed to perform an overshoot. The latter hit the tailwing of its wingman that cut through the cockpit of D-8341, killing the pilot instantly. The airframe was stored at Volkel for many years before it was scrapped.

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