Molesworth – Stuttgart

On June 10, 1955 at 11:30 PM, Molesworth – Stuttgart experienced a crash involving Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Owen Baden-Württemberg.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a flight from RAF Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, to Stuttgart. While approaching Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport by night, the crew was contacted by ATC and rerouted to Fürstenfeldbruck Airbase near Munich due to insufficient visibility caused by foggy conditions. Few minutes later, while cruising at low height, the airplane hit the slope of Mt Teckberg located about 1,5 km east of Owen. All ten crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 44-61780, MSN 11257, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.5876°, 9.4507°.