01/31/2008. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Under the direction of the Swedish Count Carl Gustav Ericsson von Rosen, three Saab-MFI 17 two/three-seat light aircraft, registered SE-FII, SE-FIK and SE-GHZ, were used in an extensive famine relief operation in Ethiopia.

On April 1, 1974, the three aircraft were airlifted to Adis Abeba by a Canadair CL-44.

Approx 13,230 lb (6,000 kg) of sorghum seed per day was being air-dropped in underwing containers, the aircraft flying at about 59 knots (68 mph, 110 kmh) at heights from 3 to 15 ft (1 to 5 m) above the ground, each with a 551 lb (250 kg) load.

On July 13, 1977, while on another relief mission in Ethiopia, Count von Rosen was killed on the ground, during a Somali guerrilla attacknear Gode."