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August 18, 2006
EDELWEILER, Germany - Nearly 100 German and American citizens gathered here Aug. 11, 2006, to remember and honor 66 American Airmen and Soldiers who died here 51 years ago in a mid-air collision between two C-119 Flying Boxcar transport aircraft. The planes, from the Air Force's 10th Troop Carrier Squadron, collided shortly after takeoff from Stuttgart Army Air Field in Echterdingen.