Swedish Air Force F 13 Fighter Wing Museum - Photos From The Museum

Описание: Walkaround at the Swedish Air Force F 13 Wing museum at Norrköping.
F 13 was a dedicated fighter wing and flew such fighters as:
Fiat CR.42 Falco / F 11
FFVS J 22 / J 22
de Havilland Vampire / J 28
Saab 29 Tunnan / J 29
Saab 35 Draken / J 35
Saab 37 Viggen / SF/SH 37 + JA 37.
Check out the museum web page here: https://f13.kamratforening.se/

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Also photography: Pentti Kurkinen
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The comradeship association runs the museum "Norrköping remembers F13" with the support of Norrköping Municipality, and where visitors can get an idea of ​​what it was like to work or do their military service on F 13. The comradeship association has two buildings where the museum is run in Building 97 and Hangar 81.

Bråvalla Wing (Swedish: Bråvalla flygflottilj), also F 13 Norrköping, or simply F 13, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located near Norrköping in south-eastern Sweden.

he Air Wing was established in 1943 as the fourth fighter wing, and the thirteenth wing in total, in the Swedish Air Force.

The location had been mapped out in 1941 and consisted of purchased land from Sörby, Knivberga and Ringstad farmsteads. In 1942, preparation work on the almost square 1000 m by 1000 m grass air field was started and completed in September 1943. The main administration was housed inside Norrköping main hotel until the first office buildings were completed in 1945. The wing was given the name Bråvalla as a tie to the Battle of Bråvalla in 770.

The first fighter squadrons were set up by the Italian built J 11 in 1943 which was quickly replaced by the Swedish built J 22 in 1944.

In 1946, F 13 became the first wing in the Swedish Air Force to convert to jets with the J 28. It was later also first wing to introduce J 29 and J 35 in service in 1951 and 1960 respectively.

In 1976 a new reconnaissance squadron was set up with a combined SF/SH 37 fleet and in 1980, F 13 was yet again the first wing to receive the JA 37.

On June 3, 1992 the decision was made to decommission the squadrons on June 30, 1993 and the remaining wing administration on June 30, 1994.

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