Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection

Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection
Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection, main building

Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection (Forsvarets flysamling) is a military aviation museum located in Gardermoen, near Oslo, Norway. The museum was established in 1967, with a Heinkel He 111 and a Northrop N-3PB as one of the first objects. However, the museum was not opened for the public until 1984. Most of the activities were based on voluntary effort.

The establishment of the Norwegian Aviation Museum in Bodø in 1992 created in intense debate, especially since it was the original intention that all the objects should be moved to Bodø. After some years, a compromise was found, and in 1997 funds were allocated for a new building was erected at Gardermoen for a military aviation museum. The new building was inaugurated in May 2000.

List of aircraft on display

  • Auster (Taylor Aircraft) J/1 Autocrat, used by the 132 Wing stationed in UK during WW2 (331- og 332-squadron)
  • Bell 47 D-1, in operational use by the airforce from 1953 to 1967.
  • Bell UH-1B, in use by the airforce from 1963 to 1990.
  • Cessna O-1A Birddog, stationed at Gardermoen and Torp.
  • de Havilland Vampire F.3, in use by the airforce from 1948.
  • de Havilland Vampire T.55, in use by the airforce from 1951. The aircraft displayed is a replica based on a F.B.50 from Sweden.
  • De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter.
  • Douglas C-47A Dakota, in use by the airforce from 1950 to 1974.
  • Fairchild Cornell M-62, two off. This aircraft cam in three variants, PT-19, PT-23, and PT-26. PT-19 and PT-26 was used by the Norwegian airforce, first at Little Norway in Canada, from August 1940.
PT-26
  • Farman F.46, in use by the airforce for training purposes from 1921 to 1925.
  • Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-3. Crashed at Berlevåg in 1943.
  • Heinkel He 111P ( 5J+CN ). Built in 1938, emergency landing after battle damage at Digervarden 26 April 1940. Recovered in 1976.
  • Interstate S.1A Cadet. Used at Little Norway.
  • Junkers Ju 52/3m-g4e ( CA+JY ). Went through the ice at Hartvigsvannet in April 1940, recovered in 1983.
  • Junkers Ju 88C. Emergency landing at Nonsfjellet in May 1940, rescued in 1990.
  • Kjeller PK X-1, experimental helicopter constructed by Paul Kjølseth at Kjeller in 1955.[1]
PK X-1. In the background, a Bell 47.
Northrop N-3PB
  • Northrop N-3PB. This particular aircraft was stationed at the 330 squadron C-flight in Budareyri. Crash landed in 1943, recovered and restored in 1979.
  • Piper L-18C Super Cub. Used from 1956.
  • Republic F-84G Thunderjet. Used at the 331 squadron from 1954, between 1958 and 1960 at the 338 squadron.
  • Republic RF-84F Thunderflash. In service at the 717 squadron from 1956 to 1969.
  • Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e. Came to Norway in 1917, in service up to 1924.
  • Rumpler Taube Start. The first aircraft in Norway.
  • Saab 91B-2 Safir. Used for training since 1957d.
  • Sikorsky H-19D-4 Chickasaw. Used from 1958 to 1967.
  • Supermarine Spitfire PR XI. In use by the airforce from 1947 until 25 March 1954.
PT-19

References

  1. ^ Kjeller PK X-1

External links

Coordinates: 60°11′20.951″N 11°4′10.387″E / 60.18915306°N 11.06955194°E / 60.18915306; 11.06955194


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