These walk-around photos were taken at Västerås Flygmuseum in 2017. They show a de Havilland Venom NF.51, Swedish Air Force serial 33015, civil registration SE-DCA — which had just arrived at the museum that same year. The Venom was a development of the Vampire with a thinner wing and the more powerful de Havilland Ghost engine, and in Sweden it served exclusively as a night fighter under the designation J 33. Sweden purchased 62 examples, which were based entirely at F 1 Hässlö in Västerås — the very wing whose former facilities now house this museum — from 1953 until retirement in 1960. With its twin-boom layout, AI radar and all-weather capability, the J 33 gave the Swedish Air Force its first serious night interception capacity during the tense early years of the Cold War.
Built in 1953 and delivered to F 1 Hässlö, 33015 served as a night fighter until the type was phased out in 1960. It was then acquired by Svensk Flygtjänst and converted to a target tug, painted in the characteristic yellow scheme and operated as SE-DCA from their base at RFN Vidsel. After two crashes — the first repaired, the second terminal — it was retired and used for fire-fighting practice before being donated to Flygvapenmuseum in 1979. After decades in storage it finally came to Västerås Flygmuseum in 2017, returning to the airfield from which it first flew in Swedish service.