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| Official name: | Kungliga Västmanlands Flygflottil |
| Location: | Hässlö, Västerås Municipality |
| Founded: | 1929 |
| Closed: | 1983 |
| Wing commander: | 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 (1975-1980) Börje Björkholm (1980-1983) |
| Types of aircraft: | Bomber, fighter and reconnaissance 1929-1938 Bomber 1938-1949 Fighter 1949-1983 |
| Main types: | B 3, B 4, B 18, J 6, J 7, J 8, J 30, J 33, J 32B, J 35F |
| Other types: | G 101, Se 102, Se 103, Se 104, A 1, J 1, J 4, J 5, P 1, P 5, B 5, B 17, S 5, S 6,
Sk 6, Sk 9, Sk 10, Sk 11, Sk 12, Sk 15, Sk 16, Sk 50, Tp 5, Tp 7, Tp 9, Tp 83, Ö 6, Ö 9 |
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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 in Västerås in central Sweden.
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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 De Havilland Mosquitos from England. They were in turn replaced by 60 J 33 Venoms 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.
The airfield is known today as Stockholm-Västerås Airport (IATA: VST, ICAO: ESOW) with daily flights to England and charter to Mediterranean destinations.
Webpage listing all air force squadrons in Sweden (in Swedish)
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