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Re: Prof. Niles Bohrs flight from Bromma to Leuchars
I finally found, amongst my hundreds of book that one I mentioned before. On pages 64-65 from the book "The Danish Resistance" by David Lampe, it is said that "apparently" on the first flight to carry out Niels Bohr, the Mosquito suffered engine failure and came back to Stockholm:
"The Secretary watched the take-off, then decided he would wait at the aerodrome for a while before returning to his home in the city. Half an hour later the Mosquito landed again in the field; engine trouble had forced it back. Dr. Bohr would have to wait until the next night to get to England. The Germans dared take no direct action agains Bohr while he was in Sweden, but they were looking everywhere for him, hiping to prevent his leaving. A naturalized Swede, German by birth, reported to the Nazi espionage agents in Stockholm that he had seen Bohr at the aerodrome. At the time the Danes did not know of this security leak. Whether it was a result of the information the Germans received is not known - but one of the two Mosquitos bombers that left Stockholm the following night never reached England. On this next evening Bohr was again strapped into a Mosquito bomb's bay and the aircraft took off. This time it did not return"
1- Was there an early return due to engine trouble recorded on the Stockholm files/archives?
2- Was there a Mosquito loss reported on the days before and after the actual flight that brought Niels Bohr to security?
Yours
Adriano Baumgartner
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