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| Date: | Friday 25 May 1928 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fokker C.V-E |
| Owner/operator: | Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) |
| Registration: | 31 |
| MSN: | 5031 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | North Pole -
Arctic Ocean
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Virgo Bay, Svalbard |
| Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Involved in the rescue after airship "Italia" disaster may 25. Pilot Einar Lundborg picks up Umberto Nobile may 24 and returns may 25 to pick up more survivors, but crashlands.
Sources:
http://www.flyghistoria.org/kronologi/1920_1929.pdf Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 22-Jan-2011 16:04 |
Masen63 |
Added |
| 13-Mar-2014 10:56 |
Masen63 |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, ] |
| 20-Dec-2019 17:27 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, ] |
| 27-Sep-2023 09:38 |
Nepa |
Updated |
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