What happened
During a mission for the Swedish National Defense Radio Establishment, an aircraft engaged in signals intelligence operations was lost over the Baltic Sea. The flight was carrying a total of eight people, consisting of three crew members and five employees tasked with SIGINT collection. While traveling near Gotska Sandön Island, the TP-79 was intercepted and shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter. Following the attack, the aircraft crashed into the sea, leaving no immediate trace of the wreckage or the eight fatalities.
For many years, the disappearance remained unresolved. However, during a 1956 diplomatic meeting between Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Swedish Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Soviet authorities officially acknowledged that a Soviet fighter had downed the plane. The debris from the accident was not located until June 18, 2003. Once discovered, the wreckage was recovered and subsequently moved to the Swedish Air Force Museum.