On 9 June 1938, this Gloster Gladiator was delivered to the Swedish Air Force. It was dubbed J8 in the Swedish Air Force. It had different markings over the course of its career and served in the Finnish Winter War in 1939-1940, the reason why it has been painted with these Finnish markings today.

For the 50 years Swedish air force open house some aircraft of the museum were put on display. F19 was a Swedish unit fighting with the Finnish air force during the 1939 Winter Wa

The Swedish Air Command ordered 55 Gloster Gladiators, which were designated J 8 and assigned to F 8 Barkarby that was defending Stockholm. When the Soviet Union attacked Finland in 1939, the Swedish volunteer flotilla F 19 was established with twelve J 8s and these were used in the Finnish Winter War with Finnish nationality markings. The Flygvapenmuseum's J 8 was flown back to Sweden after a few months in Finland and SOC in 1945 and so is one of the few Swedish aircraft that has seen combat.

For the 50 years Swedish air force open house some aircraft of the museum were put on display. F19 was a Swedish unit fighting with the Finnish air force during the 1939 Winter War. Photographer unknown

The Swedish air force participated in the so called Winter War in Finland in the winter of 1939-1940. A special unit was formed (F19), operating aircraft painted in Finnish national markings. 287 did actually see service in Finland with code yellow H

Operated by the Swedish A.F. from 1938 to 1945. Used by F19 in Finland in Winter 1940, hence the swastika and code letter 'F'.