HOW TO INSTALL: Simply extract or move "LIV_B17B-17160" into your community folder.
In the late 30s ASJA (Swedish Railroad Workshops Air Plane Department) started sketching on a new design for a
bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, as a request from the Swedish Air Force.
In 1939 ASJA was reconstructed and integrated into "Svenska Aeroplane AB"... SAAB.
L10 was the design name, but later on the Airforce designations B17 and S17 was asigned.
B stands for BOMBER, and S for "SPANING" (reconnaissance). And the new SAAB-17 was born.
May 18 1940, the first flight of the new, and Swedish developed first all metal aircraft took place.
The first deliveries to the Swedish Airforce began in March 1942.
Im not sure, but it migt be SAAB 17 with serialNo sNo 17160 this liverie is all about...
Anyway, this SAAB 17 was delivered as a B17B, the 60th build, to F7 wing Swedish AirForce in October 1942.
The marking 7-30 indicates that it belonged to f7 Wing, with aircraftnumber 30. No 15-30 was the 2nd. division.
The blue Lion painted on the front fuselage, was the F7 2.div division emblem, used from 1942.
There is a both tragic but exciting, and interesting story about this particular aircraft. One of many in Swedish
aviation history during Ww2 and the uppcoming cold war, when Sweden was gearing up to be one of the world's
largest AirForces during the 1950's...
The full storry about SAAB 17 7-30 can be read here (in swedish, but can be translated):
https://xn--krigsflygflt16-fib.se/berattelser/tragik-vid-flygning/
Check the webpage out for pictures and more interesting stuff from an old WarAirfield in Sweden, still in use.
Hope you enjoy! /GulKalle
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