Sweper Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 What have lost pilots with a small town on the west coast of Sweden to do? We were pretty close to where it all happend, Denemark, Finland, Poland, Norway and Germany of course. Many pilots bailed out or ditched in the bay between Sweden and Denemark. Many on swedish teritorry. Unfortunately not many pilots came up alive. In my hometown are seven pilots from commomwealth buried. Two from Canada and five from GB. I took some pictures and did some research on the internet. Here you can see how close we are to Denemark (my hometown Falkenberg marekd with red): They have their own special place on our cemetary: The first is from the Royal Canadian Airforce: He and the three next to him you can read about here: http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=3077 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trout Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Very informative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAim Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Cool stuff. It's good to see casualties of war treated with such respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted May 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 ~S~ Thank you mates. Here is a story about an American B-17 (Mission Belle) that force-landed in south sweden and all crew stayed alive. Google translation-Mission Belle. Swedish airforce during the WW2. Substandard planes and ordered planes that werent delivered because of the upcoming war. The Swedish airforce between 1936-1945. Swep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediteo Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 The Swedish airforce wasn't much until the fifthties, and early sixties, when all the money for the nuclear development went into aircaft production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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