| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | S-AABN |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 60X Moth |
| C/n (msn): | 481 |
| Promotional Titles: | Allt för Alla |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Photo Date: | 3 February 1928 to 30 June 1928 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong Collection |
| Photo ID: | 424038 |
| Photo Comment |
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Seen carrying advertising for a magazine, this Moth had an interesting subsequent career. Bought by the Swedish state, it arrived in Svalbard by ship on 2 July 1928 to take part in the rescue efforts following the crash of the airship Italia. Its commander Umberto Nobile had been rescued by a Swedish Fokker C.V, but that plane crashed during its next landing on the survivors' ice floe. Flying the lighter Moth, Birger Schyberg managed to pick up the C.V's pilot, Lt Einar Lundberg. The Moth then served in the Swedish air force until a crash in 1930. After an extensive rebuild it flew as SE-ADZ until 1950. This photo was added on 25 December 2021, and has since been viewed 229 times. |