1955 Altensteig mid-air collision
A Fairchild C-119 similar to both aircraft lost | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 11 August 1955 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision |
| Site | Near Altensteig, West Germany |
| Total fatalities | 66 |
| Total survivors | 0 |
| First aircraft | |
| Type | Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Operator | United States Air Force |
| Registration | 53-3222 |
| Flight origin | Stuttgart Airport |
| Destination | Stuttgart Airport |
| Passengers | 14 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 19 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
| Type | Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Operator | United States Air Force |
| Registration | 53-7841 |
| Flight origin | Stuttgart Airport |
| Destination | Stuttgart Airport |
| Passengers | 41 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 47 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The Altensteig mid-air collision occurred on 11 August 1955 when two United States Air Force Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcars collided and crashed three miles from Altensteig in West Germany. The aircraft were part of a formation of nine C-119s flying a training mission from Stuttgart-Echterdingen airfield, West Germany with troops from the United States Seventh Army. With all 66 on board both aircraft killed, it was, at the time, the deadliest air crash in Germany.