| Date: | Thursday 11 August 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-7841 |
| MSN: | 11258 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-3350 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 47 |
| Other fatalities: | 19 |
| 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) |
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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