Vlucht 74 May 2026
In October 1943, after a tip-off about a planned Nazi roundup, nearly the entire Jewish population of Denmark (about 7,200 people) was smuggled across the Øresund to neutral Sweden.
Journalist Willem Oltmans famously documented his travels on in his memoirs, New York, Memoires 1968-1970 . Vlucht 74
Oltmans used this flight to travel from JFK Airport to Amsterdam. In October 1943, after a tip-off about a
He describes the flight as having very few passengers (only 15) and contrasts it with the then-emerging "Jumbo" Boeing 747 era, which he saw as a sign of global extravagance. 3. Fictional or Cultural References In October 1943