Flying Regiment 2, Finnish Air Force
- Flying Regiment 2, Finnish Air Force
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Flying Regiment 2 ( _fi. Lentorykmentti 2 or "LentoR 2", renamed on May 5, 1942 into "LeR 2") was fighter regiment of the Finnish Air Force during World War II.
Organization
Winter War
*No. 22 Squadron: fighter squadron
*No. 24 Squadron: fighter squadron
*No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron
*No. 28 Squadron: fighter squadron
Continuation War
*HQ
*HQ Company
*No. 16 Squadron: reconnaissance squadron, attached to LeR 2 on May 6, 1942.
*No. 12 Squadron: fighter squadron
*No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron
*No. 28 Squadron: fighter squadron
*No. 25 Supplement Squadron
Maintenance companies
*3rd Airfield Company ("3. Lentokenttäkomppania" or "3.Le.KenttäK")
*4th Airfield Company ("4. Lentokenttäkomppania" or "4.Le.KenttäK")
Lapland War
*No. 14 Squadron: fighter squadron
*No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron
*No. 28 Squadron: fighter squadron
The equipment consisted among others of Fokker D.XXIs, Morane-Saulnier MS.406s, Brewster Buffaloes, Messerschmitt Bf 109Gs, Bristol Bulldog Mk.IVs, Fiat G.50s, Hawker Hurricane Mk.Is, Gloster Gladiator Mk.IIs, Polikarpov I-153s, Mörkö-Moranes, Fokker C.Xs, and Westland Lysander Mk.Is.
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/finnmilpge/fmp_faf_ler2.html Lentorykmentti 2 1941]
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