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Aircraft: 78-0271
RNLAF F-16B, #J-271, parked at Leeuwarden AFB on May 11th, 1982. The aircraft is wearing a captive AIM-9B missile. [<a href="http://www.braithwaite71.fsnet.co.uk" target="new">Robs Aircraft Picture Library</a> photo by John Smith]
 LM Aero T/V 6E-13
Plant Fokker
Local C/N L-094
Delivered RNlAF J-271
F-16B Block 10C
Current RNlAF J-271
F-16B Block 10C
Status [w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
08 Apr 1982 [act] J-271 F-16B Block 10C
May 1982 [act] J-271 RNlAF TCA F-16B Block 10C
RNlAF F-16B block 10 #J-271 from the TCA is touching down on the Leeuwarden AB runway. This aircraft was lost on December 11th, 1984. [Photo by Wim Vis]
11 Dec 1984 [msh] J-271 RNlAF TCA F-16B Block 10C
Crashed near Grossfeldberg, Germany. Both crew members, Captain W.E. Van Nieuwenburg and 1st Lieutenant A.J. Vervoort, were killed in the accident.
11 Dec 1984 [w/o] J-271 RNlAF TCA F-16B Block 10C

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Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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