crewmembers' families did Swedish authorities confirm that the DC-3 was equipped with British equipment and had been conducting surveillance for NATO. In 1991, General , a colonel in the early 1950s, admitted he had ordered the DC-3 shot down in 1952 by scrambling a MiG-15bis to intercept it. Recovery On 10 June 2003, airline captain and former Swedish Air Force pilot, Anders Jallai, and historian Carl Douglas with the Swedish company Marin Mätteknik AB found the remains of the downed DC-3 by using sonar at depth. After 52 years, the remains of the DC-3 were lifted to the surface on 19 March 2004. Debris from the area was also recovered by freeze dredging. of surrounding sediment was frozen and lifted together with the object on and in it. The wreck was transferred to Muskö naval base for investigation and preservation; it was finally put on display at the Swedish Air Force Museum, Linköping on 13 May 2009. A 1:12 scale model of 79001 was loaned to the Air Force Museum on 5 May 2009. Conclusion Bullet holes on 79001 showed that the DC-3 was shot down by a MiG-15bis fighter. The exact splashdown time was also determined, as one of the clocks in the cockpit had stopped at 11:28:40 CET. The remains of four of the eight-man crew have been found and positively identified. See also "Whiskey on the rocks" Further reading Agrell, Wilhelm. 2021. Catalinaaffären. Historiska Media. Notes References Military history of Sweden Cold War military history of the Soviet Union Cold War intelligence operations 1952 in military history Gotland Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union 20th-century aircraft shootdown incidents Soviet Union–Sweden relations 1952 in the Soviet Union 1952 in international relations Aviation accidents and incidents in Sweden 1952 in Sweden Aviation accidents and incidents in 1952 Accidents and incidents involving the Consolidated PBY Catalina June 1952 events in Europe Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas C-47 Skytrain