FTM Albatros 120 (Albatros B IIa) (SK 1), 04 / 464, Flygvapenmuseum Malmen
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Registration: 04
Construction Number: 464
Model FTM Albatros 120 (Albatros B IIa) (SK 1)
Operator: Flygvapenmuseum Malmen
Airport: Linkoping - Malmen (ESCF), Sweden
Photographer: Brian Johnstone
Date Taken: 25/01/2012
Date Submitted: 06/03/2012
A German Albatros B.IIa was damaged during a landing in Stockholm in 1914. Before the aircraft was repaired, the WWI broke out. The Albatros was kept by the Swedish authorities and became the pattern for a long row of Swedish-built âAlbatrossâ aircraft for the Army Aviation Company, more or less similar to the original. A number of the Swedish Albatrosses were fitted with Mercedes engines of 120 hp and used as basic trainers. Eight aircraft were later transferred to the young Air Force in 1926 as basic trainers, designated Sk 1.
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