Flying Regiment 3, Finnish Air Force
- Flying Regiment 3, Finnish Air Force
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Flying Regiment 3 ( _fi. 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.
Organization
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
ources
*Keskinen, Kalevi and Stenman, Kari: "Finnish Air Force 1939-1945", Squadron/Signal publications, Carrolton, Texas, 1998, ISBN 0-89747-387-6
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