Maj Flade discussing with Hptm Lehnert the pilot training at Waffenschule der Luftwaffe 1962

Maj Flade, Staffelkapitän 4./Waffenschule der Luftwaffe 10 (OCU 10), Nörvenich
Hptm Klaus Lehnert, Jagdbombergeschader 31 (FBW 31), Norvenich

Maj Klaus Lehnert crashed on December 6, 1965 near Narwik, Norway due to engine flame-out (no more fuel) after take-off from Norvenich AB,
pilot got incapacitated due to oxygen problems.

Take off time 17.09 hours Norvenich AB, heading North at approx. 40.000 ft on Autopilot, after 11 min all radio contact was lost, crash time 19.41
crashed at Emmenes, Ankenes, just 4 km south west of Narwik, Norway after running out of fuel.
First intercepted in Denmark by two F-100, then intercepted by two F-104G from 331 Sqn Bodø,
they flew very close to DA+254 so the lights were lightening up the cockpit to the pilot, the pilot was unconscious or dead due to oxygen problems.

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