What the records say
- When
- 14 Sep 1961
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 52.56° N, 13.29° E
- Description
- Cold war incident
1961 F-84 Thunderstreak incident
Cold war incident
The 1961 F-84 Thunderstreak incident, occurring on 14 September 1961, was an incident during the Cold War, in which two Republic F-84F Thunderstreak fighter-bombers of JaBoG 32 of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) crossed into East German airspace because of a navigational error, before landing at Berlin Tegel Airport.
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