Flying Regiment 5, Finnish Air Force

Flying Regiment 5 (Finnish: Lentorykmentti 5 or LeR 5) was a mixed fighter and bomber aircraft regiment of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The regiment took part in the Continuation War and the Lapland War. The regiment was formed around the No. 6 Sqn, which previously had been subordinated the Finnish Navy HQ, and tasked with anti-submarine and maritime patrols. The No. 30 Sqn was a fighter squadron.

The regiment was responsible for the air defence of Southern Finland and of the western Gulf of Finland.

Organization

Continuation War

• No. 6 Squadron: bomber squadron
• No. 30 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

• Tupolev SB
• Dornier Do 22
• Blackburn Ripon IIF
• Polikarpov I-16
• Polikarpov I-153
• Fokker D.XXI
• Hawker Hurricane Mk.I

Sources

• Keskinen, Kalevi & Stenman, Kari: Finnish Air Force 1939-1945, Squadron/Signal publications, Carrollton, Texas, 1998, ISBN 0-89747-387-6
• Keskinen, Kalevi & Stenman, Kari (2004). LeR 5: Erillinen Lentolaivue, Lentolaivue 36, Lentolaivue 15, Lentolaivue 6, Lentolaivue 30. Suomen ilmavoimien historia. Vol. 24. Espoo, Finland: Kari Stenman. ISBN 951-9875-17-4.
• 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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