1989 Germany mid-air collision
The 1989 Germany mid-air collision occurred on Friday 13 January 1989 in north-west Germany.
Background
Fl Lt Alan George Grieve, the navigator, was born on 28 May 1960, and was aged 28, from Forres in Moray. He attended Forres Academy, and the University of Aberdeen. His father, George, was a policeman. Alan became a navigator in September 1984.[1] He married in August 1985 at Brechin Cathedral, when a Flying Officer. He had an 18 month old daughter Kirsten.[2]
Fl Lt Michael Peter Staveley Smith was born on 26 January 1951, and was aged 37, and married with two sons.[citation needed]
Incident
British Panavia Tornado ZD891 of 14 Sqn at Bruggen, flying at 150 metres, hit a German military aircraft at 9.50am, of squadron Jagdbombergeschwader 43, and crashed near a village. Both RAF pilots were killed at Wiesmoor. The German pilot, Hermann Späth, aged 38, ejected.[3][4]
By January 1989, 453 West German military aircraft had crashed.
See also
- 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash, a month before
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