Lockheed C-60 LodeStar crash, May 2, 1945, Sikeå Västerbo...

Lockheed C-60 LodeStar accident on May 2, 1945 near Sikeå Västerbotten, Sweden with no fatalities.

A BOAC Lodestar on a flight from Stockholm to Ostersund lost its navigational position over Sweden and, after eight hours and 20 minutes in the air, ditched in the Gulf of Bothnia off Sikea on 2 May 1945. All nine occupants were rescued, but the aircraft sank.

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