Norbotten Wing (F21) Aviation Museum (Flygmuseet F 21)
Details:
Opposite Luleå airport: take Kallaxvägen until you get to the F 21 Norrbotten Flygflottilj (Wing) and museum entrance.
MuseumA museum highlighting the Swedish Air Force Norrbotten Wing (F 21) and Swedish volunteer air operations in the Finnish Winter War of 1939-40 and the use of the base by the Allies in WW2. The museum includes a detailed history of the wing and sections describe the OSS “Operation Where and When” (Operation Balchen) during 1944-45 when USAAF C-47s transported Norwegian forces from Sweden to Norway with the support of F21.
Operation Where and When was led by the famed Polar Explorer, Norwegian- American, Bernt Balchen.
The collection at the museum also includes a P-51.
Museum website is www.flygmuseetf21.se
Special thanks to Lars Gyllenhaal, author of "200 svenska sevärdheter från andra världskriget (200 Swedish WWII Sights)” for assistance and photos of this memorial
Monument Text:
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
Air Transport Command
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
OSS
United States Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWI
WWII
Battles:
Operation Where and When (Operation Balchen)
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