ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163995
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| Date: | Thursday 4 June 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American SNJ-4 Texan (Sk 16B) |
| Owner/operator: | F.8 Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) |
| Registration: | 16.272 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Tannsjön, north of Söderhamn -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North American SNJ-4 Texan (Sk 16B) 16-272, F.8 Flygvapnet, Swedish Air Force: Written off (destroyed) 4 June 1953. Ground collision at low visibility. Possibly searching for a landing spot but the aircraft passed between two large pines on a cape that tore the wings off. Gen Birger Schyberg killed. Code: F8-272. According to a rough translation from Swedish into English of the relevant section of the pilots biography (From Swedish Wikipedia - see link #3 for the original Swedish text):
"Birger Schyberg, born February 12, 1897 in Strängnäs, died June 4, 1953 in Djursholm, was a Swedish officer in the Army and later the Air Force. In 1945–1951 he was head of the Fourth Air Squadron (E 4). In 1951–1953 he was Inspector and Head of Air Surveillance.
Schyberg died on June 4, 1953 in connection with a plane crash at Lake Tannsjön, north of Söderhamn, where his plane collided with the water surface and the shoreline in connection with a low flight".
Struck off Charge as "destroyed" 13 November 1953
Sources:
1. https://forum.flyghistoria.org/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=6919&p=27262&hilit=16272#p27262
2. http://www.flyghistoria.org/images_minnesten/Birger_Schyberg.htm [Crash site, memorial]
3. Biography of Pilot (Swedish text) https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birger_Schyberg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2014 10:00 | Masen63 | Added |
| 30-Apr-2021 18:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2021 18:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2021 18:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2023 16:02 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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