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Old 19th February 2010, 18:34
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Re: Luftwaffe aircraft down in Sweden 1940

Peter/Ed

I should of course have listed my source(s) for my reply. As far as I know there has been three published histories of Axis/allied forcelandings in Sweden. If we concentrate us on the German side, the first one as in Sweden and called Haven of Refuge. In this publication the ID of the Ju 87 was still unknown. The second book was published by Monogram in 1983, The Luftwaffe in Sweden 1939-45. In that one the Ju 87 is still listed as unknown. Finally in 2007 the book Tyska Nödlandare 1939-45 was published. It is in this one that WNr 87207 is stated.

With regard to the crew and paratroopers onboard the Ju 52 nothing is listed in the first publication, but both the second and third has the names listed. I have at this stage not checked the 1983 and 2007 issues name by name, since I only quoted the 2007 book.

The author Bo Widfeldt is well known in Sweden and I know him fairley well so I can check his sources if anyone is interested.

Peter
Excuse my ignorance, but please explain what VDK database is. I probably should know, but....

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Stig
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