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The Swedish DC-3 & The Destiny of its Crew

    On June 13, 1952 a Swedish Air Force C-47, the military version of the famous DC-3, disappeared while on a secret mission over the Baltic Sea.  After an interrupted code-signal from the plane at 11:25 Swedish time, the plane and its crew of eight men were never heard from again.  The disappearance of this plane, much later known as the “DC 3 Affair,” is still a sensitive chapter in Sweden’s Cold War history.  In spite of evidence from intensive research in the archives of a number of nations, some facts in the DC 3 Affair are still classified or unknown.  Thus the destiny of these men remained unresolved for more than fifty years.

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        Born, Friedrich

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          Baranski, Tibor

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            The International “Red Cross”

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              Lutz, Carl

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                Mandel-Mantello, George

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                  Ocksay, Laszlo

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                    Giorgio Perlasca

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