Aircraft Photo of 41251 | North American F-86K Sabre | Norway - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	41251
Military Code:	2X-A
Aircraft Original Type:	North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Generic Type:	North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Version:	North American F-86K Sabre
C/n (msn):	213-21
Operator Titles:	Norway - Air Force
Unit Markings:	337 Skv

Location
City / Airport:	Oslo - GardermoenMap
Country:	Norway
Airport Codes:	ICAO: ENGM IATA: OSL Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	12 September 1955 to 13 September 1955
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	558779

Photo Comment
'Many people in uniform have gathered for a jet fighter breaking the sound barrier.' Elsewhere we found that this was about the arrival of officially the first Norwegian F-86K on 12 September 1955. USAF Capt Ray Renfro flew a display the next day. Deliveries - through Short - had really begun on 9 September. Apparently the telex printer in the Short Brothers office in Belfast was not the best: the squadron code of 337 Skv was ZK, but Shorts had painted ZX first - and then 'corrected' this to 2X! Photo from: Norsk Folkemuseum This photo was added on 24 March 2023, and has since been viewed 480 times.

Photo Comment

'Many people in uniform have gathered for a jet fighter breaking the sound barrier.' Elsewhere we found that this was about the arrival of officially the first Norwegian F-86K on 12 September 1955. USAF Capt Ray Renfro flew a display the next day. Deliveries - through Short - had really begun on 9 September. Apparently the telex printer in the Short Brothers office in Belfast was not the best: the squadron code of 337 Skv was ZK, but Shorts had painted ZX first - and then 'corrected' this to 2X! Photo from: Norsk Folkemuseum

This photo was added on 24 March 2023, and has since been viewed 480 times.

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