Flying Regiment 3, Finnish Air Force
Flying Regiment 3, Finnish Air Force | |
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Country | Finland |
Branch | Finnish Air Force |
Role | Fighter |
Engagements | Continuation War, Lapland War |
Military unit
Flying Regiment 3 (Finnish: Lentorykmentti 3 or LeR 3) was a fighter aircraft regiment of the Finnish Air Force. The regiment took part in the Continuation War and the Lapland War.
Organization
Continuation War
- No. 24 Squadron: fighter squadron
- No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron
- No. 30 Squadron: fighter squadron
- No. 32 Squadron: fighter squadron
- No. 34 Squadron: fighter squadron
Lapland War
- No. 34 Squadron: fighter squadron
After World War II, the regiment and its squadrons were re-organized and the new squadrons were renamed No. 31, and No. 33 Squadrons.
Aircraft
- Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 and G-6
- Fiat G.50
- Brewster Buffalo
- Caudron-Renault C.R. 714
- Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
- Fokker D.XXI
- Curtiss Hawk 75A-3 and A-4
- Polikarpov I-153
- Fokker C.X
Sources
- Keskinen, Kalevi and Stenman, Kari: Finnish Air Force 1939-1945, Squadron/Signal publications, Carrollton, Texas, 1998, ISBN 0-89747-387-6
- Keskinen, Kalevi & Stenman, Kari (2001). LeR 3: Lentolaivue 30, Lentolaivue 32, Lentolaivue 26, Lentolaivue 24, Lentolaivue 34. Suomen ilmavoimien historia. Vol. 18. Espoo, Finland: Kari Stenman. ISBN 951-98751-1-5.
- Shores, Christopher F. (1969). Finnish Air Force 1918–1968. Aircam Aviation Series. Vol. S2. Canterbury, UK: Osprey Publications. ISBN 0-85045-012-8.
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(historical)
- Flying Regiment 1
- Flying Regiment 2
- Flying Regiment 3
- Flying Regiment 4
- Flying Regiment 5
- Flying Regiment 19
- No. 1 Sqn
- No. 4 Sqn
- No. 6 Sqn
- No. 10 Sqn
- No. 11 Sqn
- No. 12 Sqn
- No. 13 Sqn
- No. 14 Sqn
- No. 15 Sqn
- No. 16 Sqn
- No. 17 Sqn
- No. 20 Sqn
- No. 21 Sqn
- No. 22 Sqn
- No. 24 Sqn
- No. 25 Sqn
- No. 26 Sqn
- No. 28 Sqn
- No. 29 Sqn
- No. 30 Sqn
- No. 31 Sqn
- No. 32 Sqn
- No. 33 Sqn
- No. 34 Sqn
- No. 35 Sqn
- No. 36 Sqn
- No. 38 Sqn
- No. 39 Sqn
- No. 40 Sqn
- No. 41 Sqn
- No. 42 Sqn
- No. 43 Sqn
- No. 44 Sqn
- No. 45 Sqn
- No. 46 Sqn
- No. 48 Sqn
- Flight Depot 1
- Flight Depot 2
- Test Flight Sqn
- Test Sqn
- Air Force Headquarters
- Air Force Academy
- Training Air Wing
- Aircraft and Weapon Systems Training Wing
- C4IS Material Command
- Air Material Command
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