Aircraft Photo of 18172 | Saab B18B | Sweden - Air Force | AirHistory.net #768425
Location
City / Airport:Linköping - MalmenMap
Country:Sweden
Airport Codes:ICAO: ESCF   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Flygvapenmuseum
 
Photo Date:10 April 2024
Photo by:Alastair T. Gardiner
Photo ID: 768425
Photo Comment

The Saab B 18 twin-engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft flew for the first time in 1942. In total, Saab delivered 244 examples to the Flygvapnet but, unfortunately, after retirement in the late 1950s no aircraft were marked for preservation. This example was salvaged from the port of Härnösand, where it sank in 1946 after an emergency landing on the ice. After more than thirty years at the bottom of the sea, the aircraft arrived in Linköping in the early 1980s for restoration by the Östergötland Aviation History Society and so is now the only survivor of the type.

This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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