18172- B 18B
Leif skrev::
Fpl. Kvarligger på botten av Ångemanälven. Motorer: Kvarligger på botten av Ångemanälven.
Propellrar: Kvarligger på botten av Ångermanälven.
Utrustning: Kvarligger på botten av Ångemanälven.
Orsak till haveri: Nödlandning.1946-02-10 . Fpl nödlandat på is på grund av dåligt väder med landstället infällt. I samband med bärgningsförsök sjönk fpl.
Kasserat 1946-06-20. Gångtid 21.20 tim. Antal flygningar 127 st.
Ja planet låg kvar i 33år, men så hittas det::
This aircraft was one of a group of eight aircraft which were lost in a snowstorm in 1946. It was finally recovered and restored in 1979 and is the only existing B18.
In January 1946, the 1st (red) Squadron of Wing F 14 at Halmstad in southern Sweden had been re-armed with B 18B. After only a month, the Squadron was ordered to fly to F 21 at Luleå in the North for winter exercises. Nine B 18B, together with one B 3 took off on the 6th of February, heading north. At Wing F 1 in Västerås, the squadron made a stop for refuelling. According to the plan, the flight would continue to F 21 the following day. But as the weather became bad, and most of the pilots had little experience of instrument flying, this was postponed.
On the 10th of February, the weather was judged improved, and the ten aircraft took off in the morning. Radio silence was ordered to make the exercise more realistic. In the Piteå area, the squadron flew into a heavy snow fog. The visual contact with the ground was lost and the fuel situation became critical. The aircraft were ordered to land wherever possible. All aircraft, except one, managed to make more or less successful forced landings on the ices around Härnösand. One B 18B was lost together with its crew and was never found. Three other aircraft crashed and were damaged beyond repair.
One of the more successful landings on the ice was made by Carl Axel Lindh, pilot of B 18B #18172, marked with code ”D”. The crew was happily saved. Only the pilot had got minor injuries, but when the aircraft was to be salvaged some days later, a wire broke and the aircraft sank to the bottom of the sea.
Numera alltså någorlunda restaurerat och kan ses på Malmen museet
Bilder o info finns i FR 31 från sid 118
Bild från museet:
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OBS:: Finns bild på 18172 F 14 röd D mellan lev.1945-11-28 (Dk utrustat) till Nödlandning 1946-02-10 vid Härnösand. ??
Bengt