10/31/2007. This type was a brainchild of the Swedish designer Anders
J. Andersson who worked for Bücker Flugzeugbau GmbH, and the prototype
was first flown on January 1, 1939. In 1942 the Swedish AF choose this
aircraft as a standard trainer and designated Sk 25, 120 were built
under licence by Hägglund & Söner at Örnsköldsvik. The first was
delivered to F 5 (Flygflottilj 5, Air Force Wing 5), also known as the
Air Force Flight Academy, at Ljungbyhed in 1944, the last in 1946.
They served till 1954 when 90 of the remaining aircraft were sold to
Germany for use in aero clubs.
The pictured aircraft was delivered to F 5, serialed as 25071 and
coded 5-271, on August 11, 1945 and was withdrawn from use on October
21, 1954, and subsequently stored. After the war time ban on German
aviation was lifted this aircraft was sold to Germany on May 10, 1956
and registered as D-EDUB on May 18, 1956. The registration was
cancelled from December 22, 1979 till May 14 of the following year.
It was cancelled again on May 28, 2004, as the aircraft was sold to
the UK and registered there as G-GLSU on July 21, 2004.
