Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 DEC 1943 |
| Type: | Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar |
| Operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AGDE |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2086 |
| First flight: | 1941 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 24 km (15 mls) off Leuchars, Scotland (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Saint Andrews-Leuchars RAF Station (ADX/EGQL), United Kingdom |
| Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA/ESSB), Sweden |
Crashed into the sea.
Sources:
» Med forente krefter i 50 år 335 skvadron 1946 - 1996
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Saint Andrews-Leuchars RAF Station to Stockholm-Bromma Airport as the crow flies is 1259 km (787 miles).
Distance from Saint Andrews-Leuchars RAF Station to Stockholm-Bromma Airport as the crow flies is 1259 km (787 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
