Seversky 2PA in Swedish Service

The Swedish Air Force ordered 52 two-seat Seversky 2PA for delivery in 1940. They were intended to equip the light bomber Wing F 6 at Karlsborg.

Due to a US embargo on arms exports, only two aircraft were delivered. They received the designation B 6 with the Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) along with individual numbers 7203 and 7204.

The two aircraft was delivered to Sweden in August 1940. They were assembled at CVM (the Air Force workshops at Malmslätt near Linköping) and then sent to F 6 at Karlsborg.

7203 was assigned the blue (second) squadron of F 6 and was marked with the code 16. After a month, with only 31 hours in the air, it crashed and was damaged beyond repair during a training flight.

7204 became a staff aircraft and was coded 46. In December 1940 the aircraft was reassigned to Wing F 8 at Barkarby near Stockholm and was used by the Air Staff. It was often used by Bengt G. Nordenskiöld who was Commander in Chief of the Flygvapnet from 1942 – 1954. After a landing accident in 1953, the aircraft was taken out of service.