Draft:Airbattle over Simrishamn
 | Draft article not currently submitted for review.
This is a draft Articles for creation (AfC) submission. It is not currently pending review. While there are no deadlines, abandoned drafts may be deleted after six months. To edit the draft click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window. To be accepted, a draft should:
It is strongly discouraged to write about yourself, your business or employer. If you do so, you must declare it. Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Last edited by TheJarlXIV (talk | contribs) 2 days ago. (Update) |
The Airbattle over Simrishamn, or Airbattle of Simrishamn (1945) was an aerial incident that occured during World War II where a Swedish fighter pilot, named Harry Nordlund, went down in an attempt to repel a German aircraft violating Swedish territory. The German three-engined Dornier with three machine guns ended up retreating after another Swedish pilot, Sven Brise, showed up repelling it from Swedish airspace.
| The Airbattle over Simrishamn | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of World War II | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Sweden |
 Germany | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 1 killed | None | ||||||||
Prelude
When Harry Nordlund was out on patrol he came across a German plane, flying over Sweden violating its airspace. Harry Nordlund tried to repel the German from Swedish airspace, which led to a heated aerial battle between the two aircrafts. The incident happened just some weeks before the war eventually ended.
The shelling
When the German aircraft noticed the Swedish aircraft attempting to repel it from the airspace, the battle broke out. The German Dornier started firing shots at Harry Nordlunds aircraft and his planes engine eventually caught fire. Harry Nordlund did not have enough time to manage to jump out of the plane, the aircraft eventually exploded and Harry died with it. Harry's second in command, Sven Brise, was too late to witness what had happened, but afterwards he managed to repel the German intruder from Swedish airspace. It was only when he had returned to his airfield that he had understood what had happened to his comrade. Harry Nordlund is known for being the first swede ever dying in aircombat over Swedish territory, and his intervention was for the protection of neutrality.