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No. 10 Squadron (Finland)

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Country
  
Finland

Role
  
dive bombing

Branch
  
Finnish Air Force

Active
  
30 November 1939 - 13 March 1940 12 August 1941 - 30 October 1941

Engagements
  
Winter War, Continuation War

No. 10 Squadron (Finnish: Lentolaivue 10 or LLv.10) was a divebomber squadron of the Finnish Air Force in World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 1.

Contents

Winter War

  • 1st Flight (1. Lentue)
  • 2nd Flight (2. Lentue)
  • 3rd Flight (3. Lentue)
  • Detachment Pietarinen (Osasto Pietarinen, training detachment)

    • The equipment consisted of 13 Fokker C.Xs. The No. 10 Squadron was disbanded after the Winter War and became the new No. 30 Squadron. However, it re-emerged for a couple of months in late 1941.

    Continuation War

  • 1st Flight (1. Lentue)
  • 2nd Flight (2. Lentue)

    • The equipment consisted of 3 Hawker Hurricanes, 4 Fokker C.VEs, 6 Fokker D.XXIs, and 2 Blackburn Ripon IIs.

    References

    No. 10 Squadron (Finland) Wikipedia
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