| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 403 |
| Alternate Serial: | 2403 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hawker Osprey |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hawker Osprey |
| Aircraft Version: | Hawker S9 Osprey |
| C/n (msn): | Not known |
| Operator Titles: | Sweden - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | F2 |
| Location | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Photo Date: | 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 349464 |
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The Osprey was a navalised Hawker Hart, with interchangeable wheels or floats and strengthened for catapulting. 140 Ospreys were built, with Sweden buying six Bristol Pegasus-engined machines to equip the seaplane carrier Gotland. Aircraft 403 wears a lead 2 to indicate F2 wing at Stockholm - Hägernäs. 403 to SE-AYR in 1946. Sank at Saltoluokta in northern Sweden in 1948. Wreck salvaged in 1985. Photo from: Sjöhistoriska Museet This photo was added on 1 April 2021, and has since been viewed 2218 times. |