Flying Regiment 2, Finnish Air Force

Flying Regiment 2 was fighter

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...

regiment 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

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Winter War

No. 22 Squadron: fighter squadron
No. 24 Squadron: fighter squadron
No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron
No. 28 Squadron
No. 28 Squadron, Finnish Air Force
No. 28 Squadron , renamed No. 28 Fighter Squadron was a fighter squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 2.-Winter War:*1st Flight **Detachment Sirén...

: 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
No. 28 Squadron, Finnish Air Force
No. 28 Squadron , renamed No. 28 Fighter Squadron was a fighter squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 2.-Winter War:*1st Flight **Detachment Sirén...

: 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
No. 28 Squadron, Finnish Air Force
No. 28 Squadron , renamed No. 28 Fighter Squadron was a fighter squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 2.-Winter War:*1st Flight **Detachment Sirén...

: fighter squadron

The equipment consisted among others of Fokker D.XXI

Fokker D.XXI

-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* De Jong, Peter. Le Fokker D.21 . Outreau, France: Éditions Lela Presse, 2005. ISBN 2-914017-26-X....

s, Morane-Saulnier MS.406s, 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...

es, 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...

Gs, Bristol Bulldog

Bristol Bulldog

|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Andrews, C.F. The Bristol Bulldog . Leatherhead, Surrey, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1965.* Barnes, C.H. Bristol Aircraft Since 1910. London: Putnam, 1964....

Mk.IVs, Fiat G.50

Fiat G.50

The Fiat G.50 Freccia was a World War II Italian fighter aircraft. First flown in February 1937, the G.50 was Italy’s first single-seat, all-metal monoplane with an enclosed cockpit and retractable landing gear to go into production...

s, Hawker Hurricane

Hawker Hurricane

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Mk.Is, Gloster Gladiator

Gloster Gladiator

The Gloster Gladiator was a British-built biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. It was the RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft and was rendered obsolete by newer monoplane designs even as it...

Mk.IIs, Polikarpov I-153

Polikarpov I-153

The Russian Polikarpov I-153 Chaika was a late 1930s Soviet biplane fighter. Developed as an advanced version of the I-15 with a retractable undercarriage, the I-153 fought in the Soviet-Japanese combats in Mongolia and was one of the Soviet's major fighter types in the early years of the Second...

s, Mörkö-Moranes, Fokker C.X

Fokker C.X

-Bibliography:*Taylor, H.A.. Airspeed Aircraft since 1931. Putnam. 1970. London. ISBN 370 00110 9...

s, and Westland Lysander

Westland Lysander

The Westland Lysander was a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft used immediately before and during the Second World War...

Mk.Is.

External links

Lentorykmentti 2 1941

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