Catalina affair

The Catalina affair (Swedish: Catalinaaffären) was a military confrontation and diplomatic crisis in June 1952 between the USSR and Sweden. It was during the Cold War. Soviet fighter aeroplanes shot down two Swedish Air Force aeroplanes over the Baltic Sea. Both aircrafts were found in 2003.

Flight 27

Tp 79 Hugin at F 8 Barkarby in 1951
Incident summary
Date	13 June 1952
Summary	Shot down
Place	East of Gotska Sandön 58°23.522′N 20°17.460′E
Passengers	0
Crew	8
Fatalities	8
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	DC-3A-360 Skytrain
Aircraft name	Hugin
Airline/user	Swedish Air Force
Flew from	Stockholm Bromma Airport Stockholm, Sweden
Flying to	Stockholm Bromma Airport

The Catalina shot down by Soviet forces while searching for the missing Hugin
Incident summary
Date	16 June 1952
Summary	Shot down
Place	East of Gotska Sandön
Passengers	0
Crew	5
Fatalities	0
Aircraft type	PBY-5 Catalina
Airline/user	Swedish Air Force
Flew from	F 2 Hägernäs near Stockholm, Sweden
Flying to	F 2 Hägernäs

Catalina Affair Media

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  DC-3 wreckage exhibited at the Swedish Air Force Museum

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  Tp 47 Canso (Catalina) at the Swedish Air Force Museum

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  Memorial stone to the fallen crew at Galärvarvskyrkogården in Stockholm

Other websites

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