Flying Regiment 3 ( fi, Lentorykmentti 3 or ''LeR 3'') was a
fighter aircraft regiment of the
Finnish Air Force
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. The regiment took part in the
Continuation War
The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, as part of World War II.; sv, fortsättningskriget; german: Fortsetzungskrieg. A ...
and the
Lapland War
During World War II, the Lapland War ( fi , Lapin sota; sv, Lapplandskriget; german: Lapplandkrieg) saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany – effectively from September to November 1944 – in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland. ...
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Organization
Continuation War
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No. 24 Squadron: fighter squadron
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No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron
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No. 30 Squadron: fighter squadron
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No. 32 Squadron: fighter squadron
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No. 34 Squadron: fighter squadron
Lapland War
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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
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Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 and G-6
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Fiat G.50
The Fiat G.50 ''Freccia'' ("Arrow") was a World War II Italian fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by aviation company Fiat. Upon entering service, the type became Italy’s first single-seat, all-metal monoplane that had an enclosed ...
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Brewster Buffalo
The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications ...
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Caudron-Renault C.R. 714
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Hawker Hurricane
The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness b ...
Mk.I
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Fokker D.XXI
The Fokker D.XXI fighter was designed in 1935 by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in response to requirements laid out by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (''Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger'', ML ...
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Curtiss Hawk 75
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A-3 and A-4
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Polikarpov I-153
The Polikarpov I-153 ''Chaika'' (Russian ''Чайка'', "Seagull") 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 Mon ...
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Fokker C.X
The Fokker C.X was a Dutch biplane scout and light bomber designed in 1933. It had a crew of two (a pilot and an observer).
Design and development
The Fokker C.X was originally designed for the Royal Dutch East Indies Army, in order to replac ...
Sources
*Keskinen, Kalevi and Stenman, Kari: ''Finnish Air Force 1939-1945'', Squadron/Signal publications, Carrollton, Texas, 1998,
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Regiments of the Finnish Air Force
Continuation War
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