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
Date	13 June 1952
Summary	Shot down
Site	East of Gotska Sandön 58°23.522′N 20°17.460′E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	DC-3A-360 Skytrain
Aircraft name	Hugin
Operator	Swedish Air Force
Flight origin	Stockholm Bromma Airport Stockholm, Sweden
Destination	Stockholm Bromma Airport
Passengers	0
Crew	8
Fatalities	8
Survivors	0

The Catalina shot down by Soviet forces while searching for the missing Hugin
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 near Stockholm, Sweden
Destination	F 2 Hägernäs
Passengers	0
Crew	5
Fatalities	0

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