Liverie for Inibuild SAAB B17A
HOW TO INSTALL: Simply extract or move "LIV_B17A" into your community folder.
In the late 30s ASJA (Swedish Railroad Workshops Air Plane Department) started sketching on a new design for a bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, as a request from the Swedish Air Force.
In 1939 ASJA was reconstructed and integrated into "Svenska Aeroplane AB"... SAAB.
L10 was the design name, but later on the Airforce designations B17 and S17 was asigned.
B stands for BOMBER, and S for "SPANING" (reconnaissance). And the new SAAB-17 was born.
May 18 1940, the first flight of the new, and Swedish developed first all metal aircraft took place.
The first deliveries to the Swedish Airforce began in March 1942.
In august 1943 this B17A, with serial No 17244 was delivered to F6 Västgöta wing in Karlsborg where it served its first 6 years.
August 1949 it was handed to F13 Bråvalla wing in Norrköping . The new marking was 13-44 (13 for F13 and 44 for the last digits in the serial number)
The red "nosecone" shows it was placed in the 1.st divion.
(ICA code: ESCK)
17244 saw service until august 1952 when it was scrapped, by then it had almost 700 flighthours in 846 flights.
Hope you enjoy!
GulKalle