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Göta Air Force Wing
Göta flygflottilj
HMS Göteborg vapen.svg
Active 1940–1969
Country Sweden
Allegiance Swedish Armed Forces
Branch Swedish Air Force
Type
Wing (1940–1957)
Sector wing (1957–1969)
Role Fighter wing
Part of Second Air Group (1942–1966)
Western Military Area (1966–1969)
Garrison/HQ
Gothenburg/Säve
Mascot(s)
Vincere est vivere ("To conquer is to live")[1]
Anniversaries 6 November[1]
Insignia
Roundel Roundel of Sweden.svg
Aircraft flown
Bomber
B 4, B 5, B 17
Fighter
J 8, J 9, J 11, J 22, J 21, J 28, J 29, J 34
Multirole helicopter Hkp 3B
Reconnaissance S 14
Trainer
Sk 11, Sk 12, Sk 14, Sk 15, Sk 16, Sk 25
Transport
Tp 46, Tp 91

G 101, Se 102, Se 103, Se 104



Interior from the Aeroseum museum in the old mountain hangar.


Göta Air Force Wing (Swedish: Göta flygflottilj), also F 9 Säve, or simply F 9, was a Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located near Gothenburg in south-west Sweden.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Commanding officers


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


    • 4.1 Notes


    • 4.2 Print


    • 4.3 Web







History


The decision to set up the air wing was made in 1936 to defend the import/export harbours on the west coast. The wing itself was not commissioned until October 1, 1940 and the airfield took until 1941 to complete.


Initially, two squadrons of J 8 fighters were commissioned in 1940, but they were quickly replaced by three squadrons of J 11s.


In 1942 hangars and some of the base command were relocated inside large shelters blasted out of the rocks. Initially the shelter area was only 8,000 m² (72,000 sq ft.) but it was later extended to 22,000 m² (200,000 sq ft.) 30 m (100 ft) below ground level.


During 1943, the J 11s were replaced by J 22s and subsequently by J 21s in 1946. The J 21s served for only three years until 1949 when they were replaced by the J 28B.


After yet only two years the J 28Bs were in turn replaced by the J 29. The 29 Tunnan did serve for over ten years until they were finally replaced by the J 34 where some units came from F 8 Barkarby and F 18 Tullinge.


The squadrons were gradually decommissioned one per year 1967-1969 until the wing itself was decommissioned on June 30, 1969.


The airfield later operated as Gothenburg City Airport.


The old mountain hangars house the Aeroseum museum.



Commanding officers


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



  • 1940–1948: Magnus Bång

  • 1948–1959: Arthur Åhmansson

  • 1959–1960: Åke Mangård

  • 1960–1969: Ulf Cappelen-Smith



See also



  • Swedish Armed Forces

  • Swedish Air Force

  • List of military aircraft of Sweden

  • Underground hangar



References



Notes





  1. ^ ab Braunstein 2005, pp. 75-77




Print



  • Braunstein, Christian (2005). Svenska flygvapnets förband och skolor under 1900-talet. Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 8 [dvs 9] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-8-8. .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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Web



  • Webpage listing all air force squadrons in Sweden

  • Aeroseum flight museum inside the old base shelter



Coordinates: 57°46′44″N 11°53′01″E / 57.77889°N 11.88361°E / 57.77889; 11.88361







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