The safety record of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter became high-profile news. In West Germany it came to be nicknamed Witwenmacher ("The Widowmaker"). The German Air Force lost about 30% of aircraft in accidents over its operating career, and Canada lost over 50% of its F-104s. The Class A mishap rate (write off) of the F-104 in USAF service was 26.7 accidents per 100,000 flight hours as of June 1977- the highest accident rate of any USAF Century Series fighter. By comparison, the rate of the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was 14.2, and the mishap rate for the North American F-100 Super Sabre was 16.25. (Wikipedia)