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Flying Regiment 3, Finnish Air Force

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Country
  
Finland

Role
  
Fighter

Branch
  
Finnish Air Force

Engagements
  
Continuation War, Lapland War

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.

Contents

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

    • References

    Flying Regiment 3, Finnish Air Force Wikipedia
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