The Catalina Affair - Swedish Aircraft Shot Down in the Cold War [updated version]
Channel: A Short History
Date: 2021-08-03

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, https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalinaaffären, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://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 (http://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 (http://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 (http://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, https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-3#/media/Fil:Douglas_C-47A,_Tp_79,_79004.jpg, License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Baltic Sea map by NormanEinstein, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baltic_Sea_map.png, License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Douglas C-47A, Tp 79, Torslanda by Towpilot, https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Douglas_C-47A,_Tp_79,_Torslanda.jpg, License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.sv
Boris Yeltsin 21 February 1989-1 by www.kremlin.ru, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boris_Yeltsin_21_February_1989-1.jpg, License https://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, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DC-3_wreck_at_the_Swedish_Air_Force_Museum_(starboard_propeller_and_front).jpg, License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode 
DC-3 wreck at the Swedish Air Force Museum, starboard side by Alex Nordström/Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LX#/media/File:DC-3_wreck_at_the_Swedish_Air_Force_Museum_(starboard_side).jpg, License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Galär kyrk 2009c by Holger Ellgaard, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Galär_kyrk_2009c.jpg, License https://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: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en (Source: digitaltmuseum.se)