April 23, 2011

German nicknames for the F-104 Starfighter

  • Fliegender Sarg - "flying coffin"
  • Witwenmacher - "widow maker"
  • Erdnagel - "ground nail" (a common term for tent peg)
The Japanese called it Eiko - "glory".

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1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

It was also called Zeltstange which means tent pole

August 23, 2015 at 11:36 PM  

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