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No. 6 Squadron ( fi, Lentolaivue 6 or ''LLv.6'', from 3 May 1942 ''Le.Lv.6''), renamed No. 6 Bomber Squadron (Finnish: ''Pommituslentolaivue 6'' or ''PLe.Lv.6'' on 14 February 1944) was a maritime
bomber A bomber is a military combat aircraft designed to attack ground and naval targets by dropping air-to-ground weaponry (such as bombs), launching torpedoes, or deploying air-launched cruise missiles. The first use of bombs dropped from an air ...
squadron of the
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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 World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 5.


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*1st Flight (''1. Lentue'') *2nd Flight (''2. Lentue'') *3rd Flight (''3. Lentue'') *4th Flight (''4. Lentue'') *5th Flight (''5. Lentue'') The equipment consisted of 5
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 ...
s, 2 Koolhoven F.K.52s, 14
Tupolev SB The Tupolev ANT-40, also known by its service name Tupolev SB (russian: Скоростной бомбардировщик – ''Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik'' – high speed bomber) and development co-name TsAGI-40, was a high speed twin-engined ...
s, 3
Dornier Do 22 The Dornier Do 22 was a German seaplane, developed in the 1930s. Despite good performance, it was built only in small numbers and entirely for the export market. The type was operated in the Second World War by Finland, Greece and Yugoslavia. D ...
KIs, 2
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11 The Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11 (or Høver M.F.11, for its designer) was a three-seat, single-engine biplane used by the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service for maritime reconnaissance in the decade before the Second World War. The M.F.11 was t ...
s, 6 Blackburn Ripon IIFs, 3
Beriev MBR-2 The Beriev MBR-2 was a Soviet multi-purpose (including reconnaissance) flying boat which entered service with the Soviet Navy in 1935. Out of 1,365 built, 9 were used by foreign countries including Finland and North Korea. In Soviet Union it som ...
s and 1
Heinkel He 59 The Heinkel He 59 was a twin-engined German biplane designed in 1930, resulting from a requirement for a torpedo bomber and reconnaissance aircraft able to operate on wheeled landing gear or twin-floats. Development In 1930, Ernst Heinkel bega ...
B-2.


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Lentolaivue 6
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