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Södermanland Air Force Wing
Södermanlands flygflottilj
HMS Södermanland vapen
Active 1941–1980
Country Sweden
Allegiance Swedish Armed Forces
Branch Swedish Air Force
Type Wing
Part of Fourth Air Group (1945–1966)
Eastern Military Area (1966–1980)
Garrison/HQ Nyköping/Skavsta
Insignia
Roundel Roundel of Sweden
Aircraft flown
Bomber B 3, B 4, B 5, B 17
Fighter J 9, J 28B
Reconnaissance S 14, S 16, S 18A, S 22, S 31, S 29C, S 32C, S 35E
Trainer Sk 11, Sk 12, Sk 14, Sk 15, Sk 16, Sk 50
Transport Tp 10, Tp 46, Tp 83
G 101, Se 102, Se 103, Se 104

Södermanland Air Force Wing (Swedish language: Södermanlands flygflottilj ), also F 11 Nyköping, or simply F 11, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located in south-east Sweden.

History[]

The wing was set up outside Nyköping in 1940 as a long range reconnaissance wing with two squadrons of S 16B. After the war, the aircraft were replaced with J 9 from Svea Air Force Wing (F 8) and an additional squadron of B 3 from Västmanland Air Force Wing (F 1).

In 1946, two additional squadrons of S 18 were added.

In 1948, F 11 became the sole Swedish operator of three squadrons of S 31 when the B 3 and J 9 became obsolete.

In 1953, J 28 jet fighters were used for one year to train pilots for the introduction of the S 29 in 1954.

The S 18 squadrons were replaced by the S 32 in 1958 and the S 29s by J 35s in 1964. These four squadrons served until the decommissioning of the wing in 1980.

Current use[]

The airfield was used as a cargo airport from 1984 and from 1997 serves as Stockholm-Skavsta Airport (IATA: NYO, ICAO: ESKN) for international flights.

Commanding officers[]

The commanding officer was referred to as "wing commander" and had the rank of colonel.

  • 1941–1945: Birger Schyberg
  • 1945–1949: Arthur Henricson
  • 1949–1951: Greger Falk
  • 1951–1959: Henrik Nordström
  • 1959–1961: Nils Personne
  • 1961–1962: Bo Lindgren
  • 1962–1966: Claes-Erik Abramson
  • 1966–1980: Kurt Hagerström

Names, designations and locations[]

Name Translation From To
Första flygkåren 1st Air Corps 1929-07-01 1936-06-30
Kungl. Södermanlands flygflottilj Royal Södermanland Air Force Wing 1941-07-01 1974-12-31
Södermanlands flygflottilj Södermanland Air Force Wing 1975-01-01 1980-06-30
Designation From To
F 11 1941-07-01 1980-06-30
Location From To
Nyköping 1941-07-01 1941-10-13
Skavsta Airport 1941-10-14 1980-06-30

See also[]

References[]

Coordinates: 58°47′05″N 16°56′13″E / 58.7847°N 16.9369°E / 58.7847; 16.9369

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