On Friday the 13th of June 1952, a Swedish signal intelligence equipped DC-3, numbered Tp79001, was shot down by a Soviet MIG-15 over international waters. 51 years later the wreckage was discovered by a private research team and in March 2004 the Swedish navy recovered the remains of the aircraft. The wreckage was transported to the Swedish Air Force Museum on the 14th of May 2009 and now it is displayed as a centrepiece for an exhibition about the cold war opened in June 2010.
hello, my name is jan christer mattsson son of herbert johann mattsson flight engineer on that fateful dc3 .Thank you all for the wonderful tribute to my father and his brothers for their heroic sacrifices so that we remain a free people.God bless us all and long live democracy.Freedom is not free and should never assumed to be taken for granted.I love you dad sleep well.
yon1950 7 months ago
Till minne av Alvar Älmeberg (pilot), Gösta Blad (signalist och navigatör), Herbert Mattson (flygmekaniker), Carl-Einar Jonsson (gruppledare), Ivar Svensson (telegrafist), Erik Carlsson (telegrafist). Bengt Book (telegrafist), Börje Nilsson (telegrafist).
Cum tacent, clamant...
swertinge07 2 years ago