Date: | Friday 22 October 1943 |
Time: | 23:03 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3-268 |
Owner/operator: | AB Aerotransport |
Registration: | SE-BAG |
MSN: | 2132 |
Year of manufacture: | 1939 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 15 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Unlawful Interference |
Location: | Hållö Island -
Sweden
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Aberdeen-Dyce Airport (ABZ/EGPD) |
Destination airport: | Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA/ESSB) |
Narrative:The Douglas DC-3 named "Gripen" was shot down by a German Junkers Ju-88 Luftwaffe aircraft. The pilot tried to make a forced landing at sea, but the airplane struck cliffs of Hållö Island and crashed. The mechanic and a passenger who were preparing a life raft in the rear part of the plane were thrown out and survived.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Statistics
- 79th worst accident in 1943
- 446th worst accident of this aircraft type
- 31st worst accident of this aircraft type at the time
Location
Images:
photo (c) Bohusläns museum; Hållö Island; 22 October 1943; (publicdomain)
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