Flying Regiment 3, Finnish Air Force
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Flying Regiment 3 was a fighter aircraft
regiment of the Finnish Air Force
. The regiment took part in the Continuation War
and the Lapland War
.
After World War II, the regiment and its squadrons were re-organized and the new squadrons were renamed No. 31
, and No. 33 Squadrons.
Fighter aircraft
A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets...
regiment of the Finnish Air Force
Finnish Air Force
The Finnish Air Force is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of readiness formations for wartime conditions...
. The regiment took part in the Continuation War
Continuation War
The Continuation War was the second of two wars fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II.At the time of the war, the Finnish side used the name to make clear its perceived relationship to the preceding Winter War...
and the Lapland War
Lapland War
The Lapland War were the hostilities between Finland and Nazi Germany between September 1944 and April 1945, fought in Finland's northernmost Lapland Province. While the Finns saw this as a separate conflict much like the Continuation War, German forces considered their actions to be part of the...
.
Continuation War
- No. 24 Squadron: fighter squadron
- No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron
- No. 30 Squadron: fighter squadron
- No. 32 Squadron: fighter squadron
- No. 34 SquadronNo. 34 Squadron, Finnish Air ForceNo. 34 Squadron , renamed No. 34 Fighter Squadron was a fighter squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 3....
: fighter squadron
Lapland War
- No. 34 SquadronNo. 34 Squadron, Finnish Air ForceNo. 34 Squadron , renamed No. 34 Fighter Squadron was a fighter squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 3....
: fighter squadron
After World War II, the regiment and its squadrons were re-organized and the new squadrons were renamed No. 31
No. 31 Squadron, Finnish Air Force
Fighter Squadron 31 is a Finnish fighter squadron located near Kuopio. It is the operational part of the Karelia Wing.-Organization:1st Flight:Fighter flight, flies F-18C/D and also trains mechanics...
, and No. 33 Squadrons.
Aircraft
- Messerschmitt Bf 109Messerschmitt Bf 109The Messerschmitt Bf 109, often called Me 109, was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid 1930s...
G-2 and G-6 - Fiat G.50Fiat G.50The Fiat G.50 Freccia was a World War II Italian fighter aircraft. First flown in February 1937, the G.50 was Italy’s first single-seat, all-metal monoplane with an enclosed cockpit and retractable landing gear to go into production...
- Brewster BuffaloBrewster BuffaloThe Brewster F2A Buffalo was an American fighter aircraft which saw limited service early in World War II. Though the Buffalo won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the US Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft, it turned out to be a big disappointment...
- Caudron-Renault C.R. 714
- Hawker HurricaneHawker HurricaneThe Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the Royal Air Force...
Mk.I - Fokker D.XXIFokker D.XXI-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* De Jong, Peter. Le Fokker D.21 . Outreau, France: Éditions Lela Presse, 2005. ISBN 2-914017-26-X....
- Curtiss Hawk 75A-3 and A-4
- Polikarpov I-153Polikarpov I-153The Russian Polikarpov I-153 Chaika was a late 1930s Soviet biplane fighter. Developed as an advanced version of the I-15 with a retractable undercarriage, the I-153 fought in the Soviet-Japanese combats in Mongolia and was one of the Soviet's major fighter types in the early years of the Second...
- Fokker C.XFokker C.X-Bibliography:*Taylor, H.A.. Airspeed Aircraft since 1931. Putnam. 1970. London. ISBN 370 00110 9...
Sources
- Keskinen, Kalevi and Stenman, Kari: Finnish Air Force 1939-1945, Squadron/Signal publications, Carrolton, Texas, 1998, ISBN 0-89747-387-6