J11: Fiat CR 42

Fiat CR 42, or more known as the J 11 of the Swedish Air Force, was regarded as a nödköp. During two rounds in 1940 purchased a total of 72 aircraft from Italy. The first twelve aircraft were destined for the Swedish volunteer squadron F 19 in Finland. The aircraft could not be delivered to 19 F before the "Finnish Winter War" ending 13 March 1940. The aircraft was taken over instead of the Swedish Royal Institute of Flight Management and placement were F 3, on the airfield ore in Linköping. Additional 60 pcs Fiat CR 42 was purchased in October 1940. These aircraft and the remaining from F 3 came in the autumn and the summer of 1941 will be transferred / delivered to Q 9, which was based on F 7! In the summer of 1941 the F 9 to their own airfield Save in Gothenburg in use. The aircraft did a good standby, although they were hopelessly outdated. Many accidents occurred, unfortunately, fatal. In 1944, the newly established flight squadron F 13 Norrköping borrow a division J 11: or F 9th In early 1945, the story J 11 definitive end of the Swedish Air Force. Six J 11: or sold as spare planes and 13 pieces in the air condition was sold to the Swedish Aviation Services Ltd, as a civilian registered them and used them målbogsering the defense for about a year. A J 11 was saved for posterity and is now on display at Flyvapenmuseum in Linköping.