ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89468
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Date: | Sunday 19 September 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Caudron C.635M Simoun |
Owner/operator: | AB Bjorkvallsflyg |
Registration: | SE-AKZ |
MSN: | 569/8825 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | in Lake Vättern, off Stora Lund (Östergötland), 60 km NNE Jönköping -
Sweden
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Target practice for AA battery. The plane was towing the target over lake Vättern. The aircraft crashed steeply in a turn due to blocking of the elevator by the towed wire.
The aircraft was never recovered and the crew pilot John Martinsson and mechanic Karl Arne Glinge still rests with the plane at approx 90 meter in the lake.
Cancelled as W/O 8.10.43.
Sources:
http://vrakdykning-i-vattern.se/default.asp?No=simoune Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening: Svenskt Civilregister (2010) (1995)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Jan-2011 00:30 |
Masen63 |
Added |
13-Feb-2011 12:39 |
Masen63 |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator] |
15-Feb-2011 01:45 |
Masen63 |
Updated [Operator] |
08-Sep-2011 14:25 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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