F 1 Hässlö

F 1 Hässlö

Air Force Wing
emblem=
officialname=Kungliga Västmanlands Flygflottil
locatedin=Hässlö,
Västerås Municipality
founded=1929
closed=1983
wingcommander=Harald Enell (1929-1934)
Egmont Tornberg (1934-1937)
G.Q. Ström (1937-1938)
Axel Ljungdahl (1938-1942)
Gustaf Adolf Westring (1942-1945)
A Falk (1945-1950)
Ingvar Berg (1950-1954)
G Odqvist (1954-1959)
Henrik Nordström (1959-1964)
Rolf Svartengren (1964-1966)
N Palmgren (1966-1968)
T Persson (1968-1975)
Stig Bruse (1975-198x)
Börje Björkholm (198x-1983)
typesofaircraft=Bomber, fighter and reconnaissance 1929-1938
Bomber 1938-1949
Fighter 1949-1983
maintypes=B 3, B 4, B 18,
J 6, J 7, J 8,
J 30, J 33, J 32B, J 35F
othertypes=
other=

F 1 Hässlö", Kungliga Västmanlands Flygflottilj, "Royal Västmanland Air Force Wing", or simply "F 1'", is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located at Hässlö Flygplats near Västerås in central Sweden.

History of the airbase

The 1st Flying Corps was set up near Västerås City July 1 1929 on the grounds of the recently disbanded 18th Infantry Regiment. The airfield at Hässlö was brought in use in 1931.

In 1936, the 1st Flying Corps was redesignated F 1 as the 1st Air Wing and received B 3 bombers. These were later supplemented with B 4 dive bombers.

In 1949, F 1 was reorganized as a night fighter wing with 60 surplus J 30 from England. They were in turn replaced by 60 J 33 in 1952. All of the J 30 and J 33 in Sweden were based at F 1.

In 1959, the night fighter squadrons were converted to regular fighter squadrons of J 32B. These were in service until 1968 when they were in turn replaced with J 35F until the decommissioning of the wing in 1983.

Current use

The airfield is known today as Stockholm-Västerås Airport Airport codes|VST|ESOW with daily flights to England and charter to Mediterranean destinations.

References

[http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/text/fv26-.html1 Webpage listing all air force squadrons in Sweden] (in Swedish)

See also

* Swedish Armed Forces
* Swedish Air Force
* List of military aircraft of Sweden


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