No. 32 Squadron ( fi, Lentolaivue 32 or ''LLv.32'', from 3 May 1942 ''Le.Lv.32''), renamed No. 32 Fighter Squadron (Finnish: ''Hävittäjälentolaivue 32'' or ''HLe.Lv.32'' on 14 February 1944) was a
fighter squadron of the
Finnish Air Force
The Finnish Air Force (FAF or FiAF; fi, Ilmavoimat, , Air forces; sv, Flygvapnet, , Air weapon) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of Finnis ...
during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. The squadron was part of
Flying Regiment 1. The squadron was formed from the disbanded
No. 22 Squadron.
Organization
Continuation War
*1st Flight (''1. Lentue'')
**Detachment H (''Osasto H'')
*2nd Flight (''2. Lentue'')
*3rd Flight (''3. Lentue'')
*Detachment Kalaja (''Osasto Kalaja'')
*1st Flight of No. 24 Squadron (''1./HLe.Lv.24'')
The equipment consisted of 35
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'', M ...
s, 4
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 by ...
Is, 18
Curtiss Hawk 75As, and 2
Lavochkin LaGG-3
The Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 (Лавочкин-Горбунов-Гудков ЛаГГ-3) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. It was a refinement of the earlier LaGG-1 and was one of the most modern aircraft available to the So ...
s.
External links
Lentolaivue 32
32
{{finland-mil-stub