Saab 17

Saab 17
General information
TypeReconnaissance-dive bomber
National originSweden
ManufacturerSAAB
Primary usersSwedish Air Force
Number built326 (including 2 prototypes)
History
Manufactured1941–1944
Introduction dateMarch 1942
First flight18 May 1940
Retired1968 (Ethiopia)

The Saab 17 is a Swedish single-engine monoplane reconnaissance dive-bomber aircraft of the 1940s originally developed by ASJA prior to its merger into Saab. It was the first all-metal stressed skin aircraft developed in Sweden.