Scania Wing ( Swedish : Skånska flygflottiljen ), also F 10 Ängelholm , or simply F 10 , is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located in southernmost Sweden .
43-407: The tenth wing initially started as a detachment located at Svea Wing (F 8) during the summer of 1940 but was relocated to Bulltofta Airport near Malmö on October 1, 1940 to deter foreign aircraft during the war. The first aircraft were two squadrons of older J 8 's from Svea Wing (F 8) wing which served for only one year until they were replaced by three squadrons of the J 20 's. In 1941, it
86-576: A government chosen by the majority in Parliament in 1905. Since then, prime ministers had been de facto required to have the confidence of the Riksdag to stay in office. Early in his reign, in 1910, Gustaf V refused to grant clemency to the convicted murderer Johan Alfred Ander , who thus became the last person to be executed in Sweden. At first Gustaf V seemed to be willing to accept parliamentary rule . After
129-464: A heavy gain for the Liberals and Social Democrats , who between them held a decisive majority. Despite this, Gustaf initially tried to appoint a Conservative government headed by Johan Widén . However, Widén was unable to attract enough support for a coalition. It was now apparent that Gustaf could no longer appoint a government entirely of his own choosing, nor could he keep a government in office against
172-580: A pointed mustache for most of his teen years. Gustaf V was a devoted tennis player, appearing under the pseudonym Mr G . As a player and promoter of the sport, he was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1980. The King learned to play tennis during a visit in Britain in 1876 and founded Sweden's first tennis club on his return home. In 1936 he founded the King's Club. During his reign, Gustaf
215-440: A royal crown proper, all in yellow. In the first corner the provincial badge of Skåne; an erazed yellow head of a griffin with an open crown, armed red." From 1998 to 2002, the wing also carried the colour of the former Swedish Air Force Flying School (F 5). "Internationell gemenskap" was composed by chief librarian Gösta Ottervik. It was established on 9 September 1980. Commanding officers from 1940 to 2002. From 1940 to 1974,
258-451: A symbol of the nation's unity. Both the King and his grandson Prince Gustaf Adolf socialised with Nazi leaders before World War II, though arguably for diplomatic purposes. Gustaf V attempted to convince Hitler during a visit to Berlin to soften his persecution of the Jews, according to historian Jörgen Weibull. He was also noted for appealing to the leader of Hungary to save its Jews "in
301-474: Is often used to refer to a unit that is assigned to a different base from the parent unit. An example is the United States Army 's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne) (SFOD-D), commonly known as Delta Force by the general public. Detachment is also the term used as the collective noun for personnel manning an artillery piece (e.g. gun detachment). The Army Cadet Force in
344-675: Is sometimes alleged to be his desire to avoid conflict with Germany. The event has received considerable attention from Swedish historians and is known as midsommarkrisen , the Midsummer Crisis. Confirmation of the King's action is contained in German Foreign Policy documents captured at the end of the war. On 25 June 1941, the German Ambassador in Stockholm sent a "Most Urgent-Top Secret" message to Berlin in which he stated that
387-585: The 1912 Olympic Games and chaired the Swedish Association of Sports from 1897 to 1907. Most notably, he represented Sweden (under the alias of Mr G. ) as a competitive tennis player, keeping up competitive tennis until his 80s, when his eyesight deteriorated rapidly. He was succeeded by his son, Gustaf VI Adolf . Gustaf V was born on 16 June 1858 in Drottningholm Palace in Ekerö , Stockholm County ,
430-509: The J 29 which served until 1963. While waiting for the new J 35 , two of the squadrons replaced their J 29s with J 34 from Södertörn Wing (F 18) until the wing was fully converted in 1969. The J 35 served F 10 for a total of 34 years across several upgrades until they were replaced initially by the AJS 37 in one squadron in 1993 and then the JAS 39 in the two remaining squadrons in 1999. In 1996,
473-547: The Liberals won a massive landslide victory in 1911, Gustaf appointed Liberal leader Karl Staaff as Prime Minister. However, during the run-up to World War I, the elites objected to Staaff's defence policy. In February 1914, a large crowd of farmers gathered at the royal palace and demanded that the country's defences be strengthened. In his reply, the so-called Courtyard Speech —which was actually written by explorer Sven Hedin , an ardent conservative—Gustaf promised to strengthen
SECTION 10
#1732851364297516-507: The Midsummer crisis , the King in a private conversation had threatened to abdicate if the government did not approve a German request to transfer a German infantry division, the so-called Engelbrecht Division , through Swedish territory from southern Norway to northern Finland in June 1941, around Midsummer . The accuracy of the claim is debated, and the King's intention, if he really made the threat,
559-790: The Royal Chapel of the Stockholm Palace by the Archbishop of Uppsala , Henrik Reuterdahl . The following year, his brother Prince Oscar was born, followed by Prince Carl in 1861, and Prince Eugen in 1865. The family lived in the Arvfurstens palats ( Palace of the Hereditary Prince ), an 18th-century palace located at Gustav Adolfs torg in central Stockholm , and the summers were spent at Sofiero Castle near Helsingborg in Scania , which
602-520: The United Kingdom breaks its structure down into local detachments which usually consist of between 10 and 40 cadets . Several detachments make up a company . The Combined Cadet Force , however, does not use this term. Individual units are known as Cadet Contingents . This military -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gustaf V of Sweden Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950)
645-545: The Haijby Affair were adapted into a fictional miniseries for Sveriges Television called En Kunglig Affär (A Royal Secret) , directed by Lisa James Larsson and written by Bengt Braskered . After a reign of nearly 43 years, Gustaf V died in Stockholm of acute bronchitis with bronchiectasis on 29 October 1950. His 67-year-old son Gustaf succeeded him as Gustaf VI Adolf . Upon his creation as Duke of Värmland, Gustaf V
688-435: The King had just informed him that the transit of German troops would be allowed. He added: The King's words conveyed the joyful emotion he felt. He had lived through anxious days and had gone far in giving his personal support to the matter. He added confidentially that he had found it necessary to go so far as to mention his abdication. Gustaf V was thin, and known for his height. He wore pince-nez eyeglasses and sported
731-454: The Riksdag under the Instrument of government, it was now understood that they were politically responsible to the Riksdag as well. Gustaf accepted his reduced role, and reigned for the rest of his life as a model limited constitutional monarch. Parliamentarianism had become a de facto reality in Sweden, even if it would not be formalised until 1974, when a new Instrument of Government stripped
774-467: The Scania Wing was used from 1940 to 1994. Blazon : "Or, the provincial badge of Scania , an erazed head of a griffin gules with open crown and arms azure." The second coat of arms was used from 1994 to 2002. Blazon: "Or, the provincial badge of Scania, an erazed head of a griffin gules, with open crown and arms azure, a chief azure charged with a winged twobladed propeller or. The colour was presented to
817-425: The charge of a homosexual relationship with a Jew. Allegations of a love affair between Gustaf V and Kurt Haijby led to the court paying 170,000 kronor under the threat of blackmail by Haijby. That led to the so-called Haijby Affair and several controversial trials and convictions against Haijby, which spawned considerable controversy about Gustaf V's alleged homosexuality. In 2021 the alleged events surrounding
860-455: The commanding officers was referred to as flottiljchef ("wing commander") and had the rank of lieutenant colonel for the first two years. From 1942, the commanding officer had the rank of colonel . From 1974 to 1994, the wing commander was referred to as sektorflottiljchef ("sector wing commander") and had the rank of senior colonel . From 1994 to 2002, the commanding officer was again referred to as flottiljchef ("wing commander"), and had
903-618: The construction company PEAB . Koenigsegg Automotive has their factories and office located in former F 10 buildings. The F 10 first squadron's 'ghost' is also placed on all Koenigsegg cars. The flight museum of Ängelholm is also located on the premises. The civilian airfield Bulltofta in Malmö during the years 1940-1945 and the airfields in Rinkaby , Ripa and Sövdeborg . The wing moved between 10 September and 27 October 1945 to Barkåkra (Engeltofta estate) outside Ängelholm . The first coat of arms of
SECTION 20
#1732851364297946-649: The country's defences. Staaff was outraged, telling the King that parliamentary rule called for the Crown to stay out of partisan politics. He was also angered that he had not been consulted in advance of the speech. However, Gustaf retorted that he still had the right to "communicate freely with the Swedish people". The Staaff government resigned in protest, and Gustaf appointed a government of civil servants headed by Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (father of future UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld ) in its place. The 1917 elections showed
989-589: The duty of basic flying training for the Swedish Air Force was transferred from the Swedish Air Force Flying School (F 5) to F 10 together with one squadron of SK 60 trainers. The wing was decommissioned on 31 December 2002 as a result of the disarmament policies set forward in the Defence Act of 2000 . A ceremony of the decommissioning was held on 20 December 2002. A large part of the staff
1032-705: The father acquired in 1864. During his early years, the prince was considered to have a weak body constitution, and as a consequence he was treated with electrotherapy on 10 May 1871. The three eldest princes began their schooling at the newly founded Beskowska School in Östermalm in Stockholm in October 1869. Among the prince's classmates at the school was the future party leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and three times Prime Minister of Sweden , Hjalmar Branting . On 18 September 1872 his uncle King Charles XV died, and Gustaf's father ascended
1075-410: The leadup to World War I induced his dismissal of Liberal Prime Minister Karl Staaff in 1914, replacing him with his own figurehead, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld , the father of Dag Hammarskjöld , for most of the war. However, after the Liberals and Social Democrats secured a parliamentary majority under Staaff's successor, Nils Edén , he allowed Edén to form a new government which de facto stripped
1118-461: The ministers, they now had to have the confidence of Parliament. He was now also bound to act on the ministers' advice. Although the provision in the Instrument of Government stating that "the King alone shall govern the realm" remained unchanged, the king was now bound by convention to exercise his powers through the ministers. Thus, for all intents and purposes, the ministers did the actual governing. While ministers were already legally responsible to
1161-450: The monarchy of even nominal political power. Gustaf V was considered to have German sympathies during World War I. His political stance during the war was highly influenced by his wife, who felt a strong connection to her German homeland. On 18 December 1914, he sponsored a meeting in Malmö with the other two kings of Scandinavia to demonstrate unity. Another of Gustaf V's objectives was to dispel suspicions that he wanted to bring Sweden into
1204-813: The monarchy of virtually all powers and enacted universal and equal suffrage , including for women, by 1919. Bowing to the principles of parliamentary democracy, he remained a popular figurehead for the remaining 31 years of his rule, although not completely without influence. Gustaf V had pro-German and anti-Communist stances which were outwardly expressed during World War I and the Russian Civil War . During World War II , he allegedly urged Per Albin Hansson 's coalition government to accept requests from Nazi Germany for logistics support, arguing that refusing might provoke an invasion. His intervention remains controversial. An avid hunter and sportsman, Gustaf presided over
1247-619: The name of humanity." When Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Gustaf V tried to write a private letter to Hitler thanking him for taking care of the " Bolshevik pest" and congratulating him on his "already achieved victories". He was stopped from doing so by Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson . During the war Gustaf V invited Swedish Nazi leader Sven Olov Lindholm to Stockholm Palace . The King had friends in Lindholm's movement. According to Prime Minister Hansson, during
1290-565: The only daughter of Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden and Princess Louise of Prussia . On 8 December 1907 King Oscar II died and the 49-year-old Gustaf succeeded his father as King of Sweden as the fifth monarch from the House of Bernadotte . When he ascended the throne, Gustaf V was, at least on paper, a near-autocrat . The 1809 Instrument of Government made the King both head of state and head of government, and ministers were solely responsible to him. However, his father had been forced to accept
1333-415: The rank of colonel. In order to relieve the sector wing commander, a deputy sector wing commander position was added in 1974. Its task was to lead the unit procurement, a task largely similar to the old wing commander position. Hence he was also referred to as flottiljchef ("wing commander"). The deputy sector wing commander had the rank of colonel. On 30 June 1994, the deputy sector wing commander position
Scania Wing - Misplaced Pages Continue
1376-404: The son of Prince Oscar, Duke of Östergötland and Princess Sofia of Nassau . His father was a younger son of the reigning king, Oscar I , and as the king's eldest son, Crown Prince Charles had no surviving sons, it could be expected that the new-born prince would one day inherit the Swedish throne. At birth he was created Duke of Värmland , and on 12 July he was baptised Oscar Gustaf Adolf at
1419-576: The throne as King Oscar II. Upon his father's accession to the throne, Gustaf became crown prince of both Sweden and Norway at the age of 14. The new king and queen and their children now moved into the large Stockholm Palace, and the crown prince's schooling at the Beskowska School was interrupted, as he was now to receive his education as heir to the throne at the palace. On 20 September 1881 in Karlsruhe , Germany, he married Princess Victoria of Baden ,
1462-542: The war on Germany's side. Although effectively stripped of political power, Gustaf was not completely without influence. In 1938, for instance, he personally summoned the German ambassador to Sweden and told him that if Hitler attacked Czechoslovakia over its refusal to give up the Sudetenland , it would trigger a world war that Germany would almost certainly lose. Additionally, his long reign gave him great moral authority as
1505-451: The will of Parliament. With no choice but to appoint a Liberal as prime minister, he appointed a Liberal-Social Democratic coalition government headed by Staaff's successor as Liberal leader, Nils Edén . The Edén government promptly arrogated most of the king's political powers to itself and enacted numerous reforms, most notably the institution of complete (male and female) universal suffrage in 1918–1919. While Gustaf still formally appointed
1548-512: The wing at F 8 Barkarby by His Majesty the King Gustaf V on 17 September 1943. It was handed over to Blekinge Wing (F 17) as a traditional colour when F 10 was disbanded on 31 December 2002. The colour is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Libraria. Blazon : "On blue cloth in the centre the badge of the Air Force; a winged two-bladed propeller under
1591-479: The wing's area in Ängelholm, in 2003 there was a small staff in a decommissioning organization that would empty all premises. Demolition work on some buildings was then underway, including a hangar that has been specially built for Gripen. The wing's area was classified as a military object of protection throughout 2003, but after that the Swedish Armed Forces left the site. The premises are currently owned by
1634-468: Was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau , a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg . Reigning from the death of his father Oscar II in 1907 to his own death nearly 43 years later, he holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden with the third-longest reign after Magnus IV (1319–1364) and his great-grandson, Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present). He
1677-499: Was also the last Swedish monarch to exercise his royal prerogatives, which largely died with him, although they were formally abolished only with the remaking of the Swedish constitution in 1974 . He was the first Swedish king since the High Middle Ages not to have a coronation and so never wore the king's crown, a practice that has continued ever since. Gustaf's early reign saw the rise of parliamentary rule in Sweden although
1720-485: Was decided to transfer the wing to a new base at Barkåkra near Ängelholm . In 1945 the wing was completely transferred and equipped with J 22 fighters. However, the grass field was too soft and full flight operations could not be undertaken until 1947 when one runway was paved. In 1949 the squadrons replaced the J 22s with J 21R jets which only served two years until being replaced by J 28B in 1951. These also only served for two years until in turn being replaced by
1763-555: Was often seen playing on the Riviera . On a visit to Berlin, Gustaf went straight from a meeting with Hitler to a tennis match with the Jewish player Daniel Prenn . During World War II, he interceded to obtain better treatment for Davis Cup star Jean Borotra of France and his personal trainer and friend Baron Gottfried von Cramm of Germany, who had been imprisoned by the Nazi Government on
Scania Wing - Misplaced Pages Continue
1806-619: Was present, the then incoming Inspector of the Air Force major general Jan Andersson and invited guests. At the ceremony, the wing's colour was handed over to the commander of the Blekinge Wing (F 17) in Ronneby . A symbolic sign that F 17 is taking over the traditional responsibility for F 10. F 17 has taken over the personnel from and operation of the air surveillance and combat command center in Hässleholm , as well as F 10's Gripen aircraft . At
1849-512: Was terminated. 56°17′06″N 12°50′24″E / 56.2850°N 12.8400°E / 56.2850; 12.8400 Detachment (military) A detachment (from the French détachement ) is a military unit . It can either be detached from a larger unit for a specific function or (particularly in United States military usage) be a permanent unit smaller than a battalion . The term
#296703