Flygvapenmuseum
The Flygvapenmuseum (German Air Force Museum ) is a museum in Malmslätt ( Linköping municipality ) in Sweden and exhibits some of the aircraft used by the Swedish Air Force . The museum is located in the north of the Malmen military plug area around 6 kilometers west of Linköping .
The Flygvapenmuseum was opened in 1984 and a second hall was added in 1989, plus there is a large outdoor area. Since its renovation in 2010, the museum has been divided into three parts: the first area exhibits aircraft from 1912 to 1945, and the second hall is dedicated to the role of the Swedish Air Force during the Cold War . Below this hall are the remains of the Douglas DC-3 (called Tp 79 in Sweden), which was shot down over the Baltic Sea on June 13, 1952 by a Soviet MiG-15 interceptor and was recovered in 2004 with a description of the Use, shooting down and rescue attempts. The shooting down led to the Catalina affair .
The collection includes around 60 fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, drones and materials from the Swedish Air Force, from aircraft from 1912 to the prototype of the Saab 39 Gripen . The following exhibits can be found in it:
- Aérospatiale SA-315/318 Alouette II (Hkp2)
- Albatros B.II
- Breguet
- Douglas C-47 (Tp 79)
- English Electric Canberra (Tp 52)
- Fiat CR.42
- FFVS J22
- Gloster Gladiator
- Hawker Hunter (J34)
- Heinkel HD 35 (Sk 5)
- Junkers Ju 86
- MBB Bo 105 (Hkp4)
- MiG-15 of the Soviet Air Force
- Nieuport IVG
- Percival Pembroke
- Raab-Katzenstein RK 26 (Sk 10)
- Reggiane Re. 2000
- Saab 105
- Saab 17
- Saab J29 Tunnan
- Saab 32 Lansen
- Saab J35 Draken
- Saab AJS 37 Viggen
- Saab JAS 39 Gripen (prototype 39-102)
- Sud Aviation Caravelle (Arlanda)
- Thulin G
- Vickers Varsity
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Coordinates: 58 ° 24 ′ 35.9 ″ N , 15 ° 31 ′ 24.9 ″ E