The name of the DC3 Hugin/Huginn is the name of one of Oden/Óðinn s ravens in norse mythology Hugin and Munin, which collected inormation about the world of men (middle-earth)
@@rayceofhistory The Viggen (thunderbolt) aircraft and then especially the attack version was referred to as "The Hammer of the C-in-C" referring to Thor's hammer which according to Norse mythology created the thunderbolts when hitting the giants.
The signal surveillance worked in the other direction too. I was doing my military service on Gotland in the late seventies in a company of sugnalists. We were told to mind our language as we were recorded by our neighbour to the east. This was of course a way for them to identify Swedish army units. They also staged mock invasions of Gotland with their fleet just turning away before crossing into Swedish waters. It happened a lot in the Baltic Sea during the Cold War. There was a Soviet frigate were the crew mutined and tried to reach Sweden. The Soviet Air Force and Navy stopped it before it reached Gotland, I tnink that happened in 1975, the mutny leader was later executed for hight treason the year after. Regarding the Catalina, it is said the Bengt Nordenskiöld, the commander of the Swedish Air Force (1942-1954) ordered the entire Swedish Air Force to be airborne as a show of force after the attack on the Catalina. At that time the Swedish Air Force was the fourth or fifth strongest air force in the world. He was considered for the post as Commander-in-Chief later but the Swedish government chose an Army general instead because of Nordenskiölds impulsive character. After Catalina, the Swedish Air Force started the "incident preparedness", that is having fighter aircraft ready to start immediately around the clock. There were always pilots actually sitting in their cockpits waiting for orders to take-off.
4:51 A bit odd information, that boat Nikita Chrusjtjov is rowing still exist today and is part of the Swedish "Camp David" called Harpsund. ua-cam.com/video/D_Q7uzKNrTw/v-deo.html
I had a friend who worked in intelligence before he was killed in a hit and run in 2017 I asked him about this in 2015 but he would talk about i said OK just tell me this did the flight crew know they could get shot down he said yes they did.
I don't remember exactly but there's a Swedish documentary from the 1990's about this. If I remember right, on of the crew was rescued and became talkative something like 50 years later. The reason that Sovjet was so hostile towards this plane (I remember this clearly) was that it had surveillance equipment that was invented and constructed in the US, and wasn't exported to any country (officially). I won't bet $1 on this, but it is said that the plane had equipment made to find targeting radars. That technology didn't (officially) exist at that time and Sweden hence lacked it.
There are much better documentaries on the Catalina Affair. This one was massively underwhelming. There is one available on UA-cam called DC3:ans sista resa but unfortunately it doesn’t have English subtitles. I’m sure there are quality documentaries available with subtitles though.
The name of the DC3 Hugin/Huginn is the name of one of Oden/Óðinn s ravens in norse mythology Hugin and Munin, which collected inormation about the world of men (middle-earth)
I love the references to Norse mythology in different platforms, weapons, etc. It’s sort of a call back to the roots of the people of the region.
@@rayceofhistory The Viggen (thunderbolt) aircraft and then especially the attack version was referred to as "The Hammer of the C-in-C" referring to Thor's hammer which according to Norse mythology created the thunderbolts when hitting the giants.
The signal surveillance worked in the other direction too. I was doing my military service on Gotland in the late seventies in a company of sugnalists. We were told to mind our language as we were recorded by our neighbour to the east. This was of course a way for them to identify Swedish army units. They also staged mock invasions of Gotland with their fleet just turning away before crossing into Swedish waters. It happened a lot in the Baltic Sea during the Cold War. There was a Soviet frigate were the crew mutined and tried to reach Sweden. The Soviet Air Force and Navy stopped it before it reached Gotland, I tnink that happened in 1975, the mutny leader was later executed for hight treason the year after. Regarding the Catalina, it is said the Bengt Nordenskiöld, the commander of the Swedish Air Force (1942-1954) ordered the entire Swedish Air Force to be airborne as a show of force after the attack on the Catalina. At that time the Swedish Air Force was the fourth or fifth strongest air force in the world. He was considered for the post as Commander-in-Chief later but the Swedish government chose an Army general instead because of Nordenskiölds impulsive character. After Catalina, the Swedish Air Force started the "incident preparedness", that is having fighter aircraft ready to start immediately around the clock. There were always pilots actually sitting in their cockpits waiting for orders to take-off.
Man, I like your videos, have you seen SAAB SLWT, a lightweight torpedo mostly for sub-hunting. Saab's video of it is very impressive.
I don’t think I have, I’ll check it out. I appreciate it!
Nice one, cheers! :)
4:51 A bit odd information, that boat Nikita Chrusjtjov is rowing still exist today and is part of the Swedish "Camp David" called Harpsund. ua-cam.com/video/D_Q7uzKNrTw/v-deo.html
I didn’t realize Sweden had a camp David style place. Is it for the prime minister or royals?
@@rayceofhistory Harpsund is owned by the government and for the prime minister to use, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsund
I had a friend who worked in intelligence before he was killed in a hit and run in 2017 I asked him about this in 2015 but he would talk about i said OK just tell me this did the flight crew know they could get shot down he said yes they did.
They are in Swedish, but you can run a translation on Google, no problem if you get English
I don't remember exactly but there's a Swedish documentary from the 1990's about this. If I remember right, on of the crew was rescued and became talkative something like 50 years later.
The reason that Sovjet was so hostile towards this plane (I remember this clearly) was that it had surveillance equipment that was invented and constructed in the US, and wasn't exported to any country (officially). I won't bet $1 on this, but it is said that the plane had equipment made to find targeting radars. That technology didn't (officially) exist at that time and Sweden hence lacked it.
There are much better documentaries on the Catalina Affair. This one was massively underwhelming. There is one available on UA-cam called DC3:ans sista resa but unfortunately it doesn’t have English subtitles. I’m sure there are quality documentaries available with subtitles though.
Welcome to Sweden! I will personally help you to make interesting UA-cam videos!