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Military unit
No. 26 Squadron (Finnish : Lentolaivue 26 or LLv.26 , from 3 May 1942 Le.Lv.26 ), renamed No. 26 Fighter Squadron (Finnish: Hävittäjälentolaivue 26 or HLe.Lv.26 on 14 February 1944) was a fighter squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II . The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 2 during the Winter War and Flying Regiment 3 during the Continuation War .
The unit was mainly equipped with Fiat G.50 fighters and obtained 52 aerial victories and suffered two losses.
Organization
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Winter War
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Detachment Heinilä (Osasto Heinilä )
Detachment Carlsson or 1st Flight of No. 24 Squadron (Osasto Carlsson or 1./LLv.24 )
1st Flight (1. Lentue )
Detachment Siiriäinen (Osasto Siiriäinen )
Detachment Nieminen (Osasto Nieminen )
2nd Flight (2. Lentue )
Detachment Kivinen (Osasto Kivinen )
3rd Flight (3. Lentue )
Detachment Nieminen (Osasto Nieminen )
4th Flight (4. Lentue )
5th Flight (5. Lentue )
The equipment consisted of 10 Bristol Bulldog IVs, 9 Gloster Gladiator IIs, and 23 Fiat G.50s .
Continuation War
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1st Flight (1. Lentue )
2nd Flight (2. Lentue )
3rd Flight (3. Lentue )
The equipment consisted of 26 Fiat G.50s , 1 Fokker D.XXI , 19 Brewster Buffaloes , 2 Hawker Hurricane Is, 3 Fokker C.Xs , 8 Polikarpov I-153s , and 1 Blackburn Ripon IIF.
Bibliography
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Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari & Niska, Klaus (1995). Brewster Model 239 . Suomen ilmavoimien historia. Vol. 1 (4th ed.). Tampere, Finland: Apali. ISBN 952-5026-02-7
Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari (2000) [1974]. Fokker D. XXI (Mercury) . Suomen ilmavoimien historia (in Finnish). Vol. 3A. Helsinki: Hobby-Kustannus Oy. ISBN 952-5334-02-3
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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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
