Catalina affair
June 1952 Baltic Sea military confrontation between Sweden and the USSR
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.
 Tp 79 Hugin at F 8 Barkarby in 1951 | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 13 June 1952 |
| Summary | Shot down |
| Site | East of Gotska Sandön 58°23.522′N 20°17.460′E / 58.392033°N 20.291000°E[2] |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | DC-3A-360 Skytrain |
| Aircraft name | Hugin [3][4] |
| Operator | Swedish Air Force |
| Flight origin | Stockholm Bromma Airport Stockholm, Sweden |
| Destination | Stockholm Bromma Airport |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 16 June 1952 |
| Summary | Shot down |
| Site | East of Gotska Sandön |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | PBY-5 Catalina |
| Operator | Swedish Air Force |
| Flight origin | F 2 Hägernäs[5] near Stockholm, Sweden |
| Destination | F 2 Hägernäs[6] |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
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