page_title: Catalina affair
section_title: Recovery
hierarchical_section_title: Catalina affair / Recovery
caption_attribution_description: English: Wreckage of "the DC-3," a Tp 79 aircraft (the Swedish Air Force's designation for the C-47 Skytrain, a military transport variant of the Douglas DC-3) with serial number 79001, at the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping, Sweden. Shown here are the remains of the starboard propeller and the front of the aircraft. The unarmed aircraft was carrying a crew of three men from the Air Force and five from the National Defence Radio Establishment on a classified but lawful and routine radio and radar reconnaissance mission over Swedish and international waters when it was shot down on 1952-06-13 at 11:28 CET by a Soviet MiG-15bis fighter jet, piloted by Captain Grigory Osinsky from Tukums air base in Soviet-occupied Latvia under orders from Colonel Fyodor Shinkarenko. A Catalina (Tp 47) search and rescue aircraft sent to look for the DC-3 was also shot down over international waters by Soviet aircraft three days later. No survivors from the DC-3 were found. The Soviet Union officially denied involvement until its dissolution in 1991. The events are known as the Catalina affair. The DC-3 wreckage was found on 2003-06-10 at a depth of 125 meters. The fuselage was salvaged on 2004-03-19 and taken to Muskö naval base for examination and preservation. The remains of four crewmen were identified. The wreckage was moved to the Swedish Air Force Museum on 2009-05-13. Svenska: Vraket av "DC-3:an," ett flygplan av typen Tp 79 (svenska flygvapnets beteckning på C-47 Skytrain, en variant av Douglas DC-3 för militära transporter) med serienummer 79001, på Flygvapenmuseum i Linköping i Sverige. Här syns resterna av styrbordssidans propeller och främre delen av flygplanet. Det obeväpnade flygplanet hade en besättning på tre man från flygvapnet och fem från FRA och genomförde ett hemligstämplat men lagligt och rutinmässigt radio- och radarspaningsuppdrag över svenskt och internationellt vatten när det sköts ner 1952-06-13 klockan 11.28 CET av ett sovjetiskt jaktflygplan av typen MiG-15bis som flögs av kapten Grigorij Osinskij från Tukums flygbas i Sovjetockuperade Lettland på order från överste Fjodor Sjinkarenko. Ett sjöräddningsflygplan av typen Catalina (Tp 47) som sökte efter DC-3:an sköts också ner över internationellt vatten av sovjetiskt flyg tre dagar senare. Inga överlevare från DC-3:an hittades. Sovjetunionen förnekade officiellt inblandning fram till dess upplösning 1991. Händelserna är kända som Catalinaaffären. Vraket av DC-3:an hittades 2003-06-10 på ett djup av 125 meter. Flygkroppen bärgades 2004-03-19 och togs till Musköbasen för att undersökas och konserveras. Kvarlevorna av fyra besättningsmän identifierades. Vraket transporterades till Flygvapenmuseum 2009-05-13.
context_page_description: The Catalina affair was a military confrontation and Cold War-era diplomatic crisis in June 1952, in which Soviet Air Force fighter jets shot down two Swedish aircraft over international waters in the Baltic Sea.
  The first aircraft to be shot down was an unarmed Swedish Air Force Tp 79, a derivative of the Douglas DC-3, carrying out radio and radar signals intelligence-gathering for the National Defence Radio Establishment. None of the crew of eight survived.
  The second aircraft to be shot down was a Swedish Air Force Tp 47, a Catalina flying boat, involved in the search and rescue operation for the missing DC-3. The Catalina's crew of five were saved.
  The Soviet Union publicly denied involvement until its dissolution in 1991. Both aircraft were located in 2003, and the DC-3 was salvaged.
context_section_description: On 10 June 2003, airline captain and former Swedish Air Force pilot, Anders Jallai, and historian Carl Douglas with the Swedish company Marin Mätteknik AB found the remains of the downed DC-3 by using sonar at 126 m (413 ft) depth.
  After 52 years, the remains of the DC-3 were lifted to the surface on 19 March 2004. Debris from the area was also recovered by freeze dredging. 200 m³ (7,100 cu ft) of surrounding sediment was frozen, and lifted together with the object on and in it. The wreck was transferred to Muskö naval base for investigation and preservation, and was finally put on display at Swedish Air Force Museum, Linköping on 13 May 2009. A 1:12 scale model of 79001 was loaned to the Air Force Museum on 5 May 2009.
caption: DC-3 wreckage exhibited at the Swedish Air Force Museum
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