Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In 1952 a Swedish dc-3 was shot down by Soviet fighters. The Soviet Aggression would lead to another swedish plane shot down.

But while this cold war incident led to the Swedish aircraft being shot down, it has later been revealed that the Swedish DC-3 was in fact on a classified Cold War mission.

SOURCES:
Wikipedia, sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalinaaffären, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) - the text has been remixed and shortened

CREDITS:
Various images in the Public Domain.

https://digitaltmuseum.se/021025518053/tavla, License CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sv)
https://digitaltmuseum.se/021016967228/flygplan-tp-79-tillhorande-f-8-barkarby-star-ett-flygfalt-varen-1973, License CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sv)
https://digitaltmuseum.se/021016968418/flygvapnets-alla-sex-flygplan-tp-79-pa-malmens-flygfalt-den-8-september, License CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sv)
Tp 79 Fv-nummer 79004, låg förbiflygning efter sista militära starten från Bromma 3 april 1984 by Towpilot, sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-3#/media/Fil:Douglas_C-47A,_Tp_79,_79004.jpg, License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Baltic Sea map by NormanEinstein, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baltic_Sea_map.png, License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Douglas C-47A, Tp 79, Torslanda by Towpilot, sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Douglas_C-47A,_Tp_79,_Torslanda.jpg, License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.sv
Boris Yeltsin 21 February 1989-1 by www.kremlin.ru, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boris_Yeltsin_21_February_1989-1.jpg, License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
DC-3 wreck at the Swedish Air Force Museum (starboard propeller and front) by Alex Nordström/Wikimedia Commons, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DC-3_wreck_at_the_Swedish_Air_Force_Museum_(starboard_propeller_and_front).jpg, License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode
DC-3 wreck at the Swedish Air Force Museum, starboard side by Alex Nordström/Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LX#/media/File:DC-3_wreck_at_the_Swedish_Air_Force_Museum_(starboard_side).jpg, License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Galär kyrk 2009c by Holger Ellgaard, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Galär_kyrk_2009c.jpg, License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Sequences shot by Fältflygare (Sergeant Pilot) Sven-Erik Glomme during training in Karlsborg, in Kiruna (februari 1951), License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en (Source: digitaltmuseum.se)