Comments on: Mercury-powered Hawker Hart to fly again in Sweden https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2013/10/08/mercury-powered-hawker-hart-to-fly-again-in-sweden/ The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Tue, 26 Nov 2013 06:26:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2013/10/08/mercury-powered-hawker-hart-to-fly-again-in-sweden/#comment-25368 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 06:26:09 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2043#comment-25368 Charles Trainor rightly points out in another comment that I’ve confused Sweden and Finland. The swastika was used by Finland, not Sweden.

]]> By: World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2013/10/08/mercury-powered-hawker-hart-to-fly-again-in-sweden/#comment-25367 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 06:25:08 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2043#comment-25367 Indeed, that’s Finland and not Sweden. Stupid confusion on my part… 🙁

]]> By: Charles Trainor https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2013/10/08/mercury-powered-hawker-hart-to-fly-again-in-sweden/#comment-25366 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 05:35:30 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2043#comment-25366 World Warbird News, I think you meant Finland in your Oct 11 comment. The Finns were using the swastika from 1919 until they were forced to help drive the Germans out of Finland by the Russians after the Finns surrendered to them in 1944. After that time the Finns started using the roundel similar to that used by the RAF. It was a white dot in the middle surrounded by a light blue ring surrounded by a white ring. It is still in use today. The caption on the photo says that the plane was in Finnish markings. Since 1926 the Swedes have been using the three crowns, although the colors have varied.

]]> By: World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2013/10/08/mercury-powered-hawker-hart-to-fly-again-in-sweden/#comment-25290 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 17:55:15 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2043#comment-25290 In reply to Rob.

For a long time, it was very widely used.You’ll find it in the beautiful gothic cathedral of Amiens in Northern France, for example. Nowadays, it is almost exclusively associated with Nazi Germany, although in some parts of the world the association is mostly ignored.

]]> By: Rob https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2013/10/08/mercury-powered-hawker-hart-to-fly-again-in-sweden/#comment-25288 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 16:42:34 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2043#comment-25288 Most interesting, it is odd how often this symbol is used. I’ve seen it many times in Jewish and Indian culture, Swedish is a new one on me, thanks very much.

]]> By: World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2013/10/08/mercury-powered-hawker-hart-to-fly-again-in-sweden/#comment-25278 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 20:31:06 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2043#comment-25278 In reply to Rob.

The blue swastika was used by Sweden for a long time, before it became associated with the Nazi regime. The aircraft was photographed in 1976, wearing its historical colours. I don’t think there’s any mystake here.

]]> By: Rob https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2013/10/08/mercury-powered-hawker-hart-to-fly-again-in-sweden/#comment-25276 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:23:27 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2043#comment-25276 Swedish Air Force Markings? 1976?
That’s odd because the markings look rather familiar to me, from another place and time.

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