Flying Regiment 3, Finnish Air Force

Flying Regiment 3 (Finnish: Lentorykmentti 3 or LeR 3) was a fighter aircraft regiment of the Finnish Air Force. The regiment took part in the Continuation War and the Lapland War.

Organization

Continuation War

• No. 24 Squadron: fighter squadron
• No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron
• No. 30 Squadron: fighter squadron
• No. 32 Squadron: fighter squadron
• No. 34 Squadron: fighter squadron

Lapland War

• 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

• Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 and G-6
• Fiat G.50
• Brewster Buffalo
• Caudron-Renault C.R. 714
• Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
• Fokker D.XXI
• Curtiss Hawk 75A-3 and A-4
• Polikarpov I-153
• Fokker C.X

Sources

• Keskinen, Kalevi and Stenman, Kari: Finnish Air Force 1939-1945, Squadron/Signal publications, Carrollton, Texas, 1998, ISBN 0-89747-387-6
• Keskinen, Kalevi & Stenman, Kari (2001). LeR 3: Lentolaivue 30, Lentolaivue 32, Lentolaivue 26, Lentolaivue 24, Lentolaivue 34. Suomen ilmavoimien historia. Vol. 18. Espoo, Finland: Kari Stenman. ISBN 951-98751-1-5.
• Shores, Christopher F. (1969). Finnish Air Force 1918–1968. Aircam Aviation Series. Vol. S2. Canterbury, UK: Osprey Publications. ISBN 0-85045-012-8.

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Finnish Air Force

Flying regiments
(historical)

• Flying Regiment 1
• Flying Regiment 2
• Flying Regiment 3
• Flying Regiment 4
• Flying Regiment 5
• Flying Regiment 19

Squadrons

• No. 1 Sqn
• No. 4 Sqn
• No. 6 Sqn
• No. 10 Sqn
• No. 11 Sqn
• No. 12 Sqn
• No. 13 Sqn
• No. 14 Sqn
• No. 15 Sqn
• No. 16 Sqn
• No. 17 Sqn
• No. 20 Sqn
• No. 21 Sqn
• No. 22 Sqn
• No. 24 Sqn
• No. 25 Sqn
• No. 26 Sqn
• No. 28 Sqn
• No. 29 Sqn
• No. 30 Sqn
• No. 31 Sqn
• No. 32 Sqn
• No. 33 Sqn
• No. 34 Sqn
• No. 35 Sqn
• No. 36 Sqn
• No. 38 Sqn
• No. 39 Sqn
• No. 40 Sqn
• No. 41 Sqn
• No. 42 Sqn
• No. 43 Sqn
• No. 44 Sqn
• No. 45 Sqn
• No. 46 Sqn
• No. 48 Sqn
• Flight Depot 1
• Flight Depot 2
• Test Flight Sqn
• Test Sqn

Current headquarters

• Air Force Headquarters

Current wings

• Karelia Air Command
• Lapland Air Command
• Satakunta Air Command

Schools

• Air Force Academy
• Training Air Wing
• Aircraft and Weapon Systems Training Wing

Current direct reporting units

• C4IS Material Command
• Air Material Command

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