ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78736
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| Date: | Thursday 10 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 190 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LJ899 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Röjdåfors Lake, 36 km NW Torsby (Värmland) -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Great Dunmow, England |
| Oslo/Gardermön (ENGM) |
Transporting soldiers during the liberation of Norway (Operation Doomsday). A homing beacon "Eureka transmitter" could not send a clear signal to the plane through rain and fog. Run out of fuel and tried to make an emergency landing in Lake Röjden. A wing struck a tree, four soldiers where thrown out of the plane and drowned. Two were hospitalized, the rest entered Norway by land two days later.
Different (but less probable) CAUSE given in Air-Britain: Lost fabric off wing; control lost and ditched in that lake.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080709012242/http://hem.bredband.net/vue/projekt_flygplan_shortstirling.htm
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2010 02:56 | Masen63 | Added |
| 08-Sep-2011 07:27 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2013 14:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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