Flying Regiment 3, Finnish Air Force

Flying Regiment 3 (Template:Langx 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, Template:ISBN