Hi guys,
thanks for your inputs. The rear glasing mod could be from the fifties when SE-AWL was recovered or perhaps even from the forties when it was one of the ca 40 L-4´s that Albin Ahrenberg bought as war surplus, dressed up (not very strictly) as civilian J-3´s and then sold on in Sweden, in AWL´s case to “Nordmalings flying club”.

Sierra Ecco Fred, interesting point on the changing of the fuselage. I assume you have read it in the Swedish Aviation historical society´s excellent register over “early registrated aircraft in Sweden”. It is however not correct- SE-AWL has the same fuselage serial number that it left the factory with (11871). But a rebuild was done in the fifties, SE-AWL was not airworthy between 1952 to 1958, when she was re-registered. During these years SE-AWL was incidently owned by famed swedish alpine bush-pilot Gunnar “Ghost” Andersson´s company and I have a hunch it might not have been entirely out of action…

The picture from 1974 was taken in the UK when SE-AWL was on a Europe tour with former owner Bo Danielsson who has recounted numerous colourful stories on the event. For example he was overtaken by a Citroen 2CV when flying in a stiff headwind and he had to use soaring lift to climb a mountainside on his way from Switzerland to Germany on his returntrip!

Thanks Scorpion89 for your kind offer. I do have a copy of the “Individual Aircraft Record Card” (which I got from the Smithsonian archives division), but if there is any additional, preferrably Army documentation that would be most helpful.

Regards/ Jörgen