ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334849
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Date: | Thursday 11 August 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 53-3222 |
MSN: | 11238 |
Engine model: | Wright R-3350 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
Other fatalities: | 47 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Edelweiler -
Germany
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:A flight of nine USAF planes departed Echterdingen on a training mission with troops. Initial reports said that one C-119 developed engine trouble at an altitude of 4,000 feet. The plane lost altitude momentarily, then pulled up abruptly, striking another C-119 aircraft in the formation. Both Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcars (53-3222 and 53-7841) crashed.
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