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The Saab 17 is a Swedish single-engine monoplane reconnaissance dive-bomber aircraft of the 1940s originally developed ... Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II ...
The Northrop A-17, also known as the Northrop Model 8, a development of the Northrop Gamma 2F model, is a two-seat, single-engine, monoplane, attack bomber built in 1935 by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Army Air Corps. When in British Commonwealth service during World War II, the A-17 was called Nomad.
The outbreak of World War II in 1939 led to a change of priorities by the Swedish Air Force, and production of the Saab 17 was accelerated, at the expense of work on the Saab 18, [1] which, along with a change of requirements that added the role of medium bomber to the specification, resulted in the first flight of the aircraft being delayed ...
Saab 37 Viggen: 17: 1973–2005 - SK 37E: Saab 37 Viggen: 10: 1999–2005: 10 SK 37 converted to ECM/training SH 37: Saab 37 Viggen: 27: 1975–1998: maritime surveillance SF 37: Saab 37 Viggen: 28: 1977–2003: photo reconnaissance JA 37: Saab 37 Viggen: 149: 1979–2005 - AJS 37: Saab AJ 37 Viggen: 115: 1992–2000: Modified AJ/SH/SF's AJSH ...
During the Second World War the engineers Erik Wilkenson and Torsten Faxén at Saab developed the first bomb sight for toss bombing. It was a mechanical computer that did the necessary calculations. It was first used in the Saab 17 and was standard on all Saab fighters up to and including Saab 32 Lansen.
The first SAAB-developed aircraft was the SAAB 17 light dive bomber (first flight: 1940-05-18), soon followed by the SAAB 18 schnellbomber (first flight: 1942-06-19) and SAAB 21 single-seat fighter (first flight: 1943-07-30), among other developments, the latter being the first aircraft to see service with a modern style ejection seat, using ...
The Göta Lejon was launched on 17 November 1945, 94 days after the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II Fylgia class Sweden: Armoured cruiser: HSwMS Fylgia: 1: 1905-1957: The HSwMS Fylgia is the smallest armoured cruiser ever to be launched Clas Fleming class Sweden: Mine cruiser: HSwMS Clas Fleming: 1: 1912-1960: Örnen class Sweden ...
During World War II, Gotland was part of both the VII Military Area ... Saab 17; Saab 18; Saab 29 Tunnan; Saab 32 Lansen; Saab Rb 04 air launched Anti-Ship missile;