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Crash of a Waco YKS-7 in Luspebryggan

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Waco YKS-7
Operator:
Registration:
SE-ANG
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Government
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
4603
Location:
Luspebryggan
Lappland
Country:
Sweden
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While cruising in a snowstorm, the pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing in Luspebryggan. While the pilot, a Norwegian citizen operating a special mission for the British Intelligence Service, was unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I on Mt Arvestuottar: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P5304
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Delivery
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Sumburgh - Afrikanda
Location:
Mt Arvestuottar
Lappland
Country:
Sweden
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, on a transit flight to Afrikanda AFB, Murmansk oblast. It was part of a group of 16 Hampden being transferred to northwest Russia, taking part to 'Operation Orator', the code name for the defense of the Allied Arctic convoy PQ-18 by British and Australian air force units based temporarily in northwest Russia. While cruising in limited visibility due to clouds and dusk, the airplane apparently lost height and crashed on the slope of Mt Arvestuottar located some 45 km southeast of Kvikkjokk. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward John Smart, pilot,
F/Sgt Thomas Graham Nicholls, navigator,
Sgt Louis Arthur Biggin, wireless operator,
Sgt John Mackenzie Oberlin Harris, air gunner,
Cpl Donald Henry Nelson.
Probable cause:
Possible icing conditions.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Sarek: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE436
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Sumburgh - Afrikanda
Location:
Mt Tsatsa
Lappland
Country:
Sweden
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, at 2030LT on a transit flight to Afrikanda AFB, Murmansk oblast. It was part of a group of 16 Hampden being transferred to northwest Russia, taking part to 'Operation Orator', the code name for the defense of the Allied Arctic convoy PQ-18 by British and Australian air force units based temporarily in northwest Russia. While cruising in limited visibility due to clouds and dusk, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Tsatsa located in the Sarek National Park, some 45 km north of Kvikkjokk. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
P/O D. I. Evans,
Cpl B. J. Sowerby,
F/Sgt James Steven Jewett, †
P/O William Henry Bowler, †
F/Sgt John Parker Campbell. †
Probable cause:
Possible icing conditions.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 in Sitasjaure Lake

Date & Time: May 15, 1940 at 1100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1H+DN
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Trondheim - Trondheim
MSN:
6830
Location:
Sitasjaure Lake
Lappland
Country:
Sweden
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Trondheim-Værnes Airport on a bombing mission of the Narvik harbor. En route, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of an RAF fighter and the crew ditched the aircraft into the Sitasjaure Lake, Sweden. All three occupants were rescued and became PoW.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a RAF fighter.
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