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.
Variants
Company designations
L 10
Internal ASJA/Saab designation
Two produced
L 10A
Internal ASJA/Saab designation for 17A, B, and C
L 10BL
Internal ASJA/Saab designation for S17BL
L 10BS
Internal ASJA/Saab designation for S17BS
Flygvapnet designations
P 7
L 10 development prototypes
B 8
Preliminary designation for bomber version of L 10, not used
B 17A
Bomber with 1,065 hp (794 kW) Svenska Flygmotor Aktiebolaget (SFA)-built STWC-3 (Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3G Twin Wasp) radial engine; 132 built
B 17B
Bomber with 980 hp (730 kW) SFA-built Bristol Mercury XXIV radial engine; 55 built
B 17C
Bomber with 1,060 hp (790 kW) Piaggio P.XIbis R.C.40D radial engine; 77 built
S 15
Preliminary designation for reconnaissance version of the L 10, not used
S 17BL
Reconnaissance version of B 17B with wheeled or ski landing gear; 21 built
S 17BS
Reconnaissance version of B 17B with floats, powered by a Bristol Mercury XXIV engine; 38 built
A total of 326 Saab 17 aircraft of all types were produced, and some bombers were converted into reconnaissance aircraft.