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Flying Regiment 2, Finnish Air Force

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Flying Regiment 2, Finnish Air Force
Country Finland
Branch Finnish Air Force
Role reconnaissance and ground attack
Engagements Winter War, Continuation War, Lapland War

Flying Regiment 2 (Finnish language: Lentorykmentti 2 

or LentoR 2, renamed on May 5, 1942 into LeR 2) was fighter regiment of the Finnish Air Force during World War II.

Organization[]

Winter War[]

Continuation War[]

  • HQ
  • HQ Company
  • No. 16 Squadron: reconnaissance squadron, attached to LeR 2 on May 6, 1942.
  • No. 12 Squadron: fighter squadron
  • No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron
  • No. 28 Squadron: fighter squadron
  • No. 25 Supplement Squadron

Maintenance companies[]

  • 3rd Airfield Company (3. Lentokenttäkomppania or 3.Le.KenttäK)
  • 4th Airfield Company (4. Lentokenttäkomppania or 4.Le.KenttäK)

Lapland War[]

The equipment consisted among others of Fokker D.XXIs, Morane-Saulnier MS.406s, Brewster Buffaloes, Messerschmitt Bf 109Gs, Bristol Bulldog Mk.IVs, Fiat G.50s, Hawker Hurricane Mk.Is, Gloster Gladiator Mk.IIs, Polikarpov I-153s, Mörkö-Moranes, Fokker C.Xs, and Westland Lysander Mk.Is.

External links[]

Flying Regiments
(Historical)
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
    Current Wings
    Current Schools
  • Air Force Academy
  • Training Air Wing
  • Aircraft and Weapon Systems Training Wing
    • Current direct reporting units
  • C4IS Material Command
  • Air Material Command
  • Finnish Intelligence Research Establishment


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