Catalina affair

When

16 Jun 1952

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

58.39° N, 20.29° E

Description

June 1952 Baltic Sea military confrontation between Sweden and the USSR

Deaths

8

1952 Cold War–era diplomatic crisis

The Catalina affair was a military confrontation and Cold War-era diplomatic crisis in June 1952, in which Soviet Air Force fighter jets shot down two Swedish aircraft over international waters in the Baltic Sea.

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