No. 10 Squadron ( fi, Lentolaivue 10 or ) was a
divebomber squadron of the
Finnish Air Force
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in
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 opposing ...
. The squadron was part of
Flying Regiment 1.
Organization
Winter War
*1st Flight (''1. Lentue'')
*2nd Flight (''2. Lentue'')
*3rd Flight (''3. Lentue'')
*Detachment Pietarinen (''Osasto Pietarinen'', training detachment)
Their equipment consisted of 13
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 ...
s. The No. 10 Squadron was disbanded after the Winter War and became the new
No. 30 Squadron. However, it re-emerged for a couple of months in late 1941.
Continuation War
*1st Flight (''1. Lentue'')
*2nd Flight (''2. Lentue'')
The equipment consisted of 3
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 ...
s, 4
Fokker C.VEs, 6
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 ...
s, and 2
Blackburn Ripon
The Blackburn T.5 Ripon was a carrier-based torpedo bomber and reconnaissance biplane designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was the basis for both the license-produced Mitsubishi B2M and the improved ...
IIs.
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External links
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