• Source: Flying Regiment 2, Finnish Air Force

      • Flying Regiment 2 (Finnish: 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

      =
      No. 22 Squadron: fighter squadron
      No. 24 Squadron: fighter squadron
      No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron
      No. 28 Squadron: fighter squadron


      = 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

      =
      No. 14 Squadron: fighter squadron
      No. 26 Squadron: fighter squadron
      No. 28 Squadron: fighter squadron
      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.


      Bibliography


      Keskinen, Kalevi & Stenman, Kari (2001). LeR 2: Lentolaivue 24, Lentolaivue 26, Lentolaivue 28, Lentolaivue 16. Suomen ilmavoimien historia. Vol. 17. Espoo, Finland: Kari Stenman. ISBN 951-98751-0-7.
      Shores, Christopher F. (1969). Finnish Air Force 1918–1968. Aircam Aviation Series. Vol. S2. Canterbury, UK: Osprey Publications. ISBN 0-85045-012-8.


      External links


      Lentorykmentti 2 1941

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