Ivar Sandström

Who was Ivar Sandström?

Ivar Sandström was a Swedish aviation pioneer and one of Sweden's earliest aviators. He became a cadet in 1905 and a lieutenant in 1911. In 1915 he was assigned to Dr Enoch Thulin's aviation school at Ljungbyhed to attend a pilot training course. After passing the examination he obtained the Swedish aviation diploma n° 30 issued by the Svenska Aeronautiska Sällskapet. He then was assigned to the Navy's aviation department at Landskrona. He was killed during a flight over Malmö when he fell out of his plane.