No. 28 Squadron, Finnish Air Force
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No. 28 Squadron renamed No. 28 Fighter Squadron ( or HLe.Lv.28 on 14 February 1944) was a fighter
squadron of the Finnish Air Force
during World War II
. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 2
.
The equipment consisted of 23 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
s, 10 Hawker Hurricane
Is.
The equipment consisted of 27 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
s and 410s, 1 Mörkö-Morane, 1 Brewster Buffalo
, and 8 Messerschmitt Bf 109
G-2s.
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...
squadron 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...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 2
Flying Regiment 2, Finnish Air Force
Flying Regiment 2 was fighter regiment of the Finnish Air Force during World War II.-Winter War:*No. 22 Squadron: fighter squadron*No. 24 Squadron: fighter squadron*No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron...
.
Winter War
- 1st Flight (1. Lentue)
- Detachment Sirén (Osasto Sirén)
- 2nd Flight (2. Lentue)
- Detachment Turkki (Osasto Turkki)
- 3rd Flight (3. Lentue)
- Detachment Jutila (Osasto Jutila)
- Detachment Räty (Osasto Räty)
The equipment consisted of 23 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
The M.S.406 was a French Armée de l'Air fighter aircraft built by Morane-Saulnier starting in 1938. Numerically it was France's most important fighter during the opening stages of World War II....
s, 10 Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Hurricane
The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the Royal Air Force...
Is.
Continuation War
- 1st Flight (1. Lentue)
- Detachment Turkki (Osasto Turkki)
- Detachment Uola (Osasto Uola)
- Detachment Sovelius (Osasto Sovelius)
- 2nd Flight (2. Lentue)
- Detachment Ala-Panula (Osasto Ala-Panula)
- 3rd Flight (3. Lentue)
- Detachment Hyrkki (Osasto Hyrkki)
- Detachment Vuorinen (Osasto Vuorinen)
The equipment consisted of 27 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
The M.S.406 was a French Armée de l'Air fighter aircraft built by Morane-Saulnier starting in 1938. Numerically it was France's most important fighter during the opening stages of World War II....
s and 410s, 1 Mörkö-Morane, 1 Brewster Buffalo
Brewster Buffalo
The 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...
, and 8 Messerschmitt Bf 109
Messerschmitt Bf 109
The 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-2s.