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.

Flying Regiment 3, Finnish Air Force
Country	Finland
Branch	Finnish Air Force
Role	Fighter
Engagements	Continuation War, 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.