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No. 22 Squadron Finnish Air Force | |
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Active | 10 January 1940 - 13 March 1940 |
Country | Finland |
Branch | Finnish Air Force |
Role | fighter |
Engagements | Winter War |
No. 22 Squadron (Finnish : Lentolaivue 22 or LLv.22) was a fighter squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 2. It was to be equipped with new Brewster Buffaloes and Hawker Hurricane Is, but only the first Flight saw action during the war. After the Winter War, the squadron was attached to the new Flying Regiment 3 and renamed as No. 32 Squadron.
The equipment consisted of 5 Brewster Buffaloes, and 10 Hawker Hurricane Is.
The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications for aircraft carriers. The Buffalo won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the U.S. Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft. Although superior to the Grumman F3F biplane it replaced, and the early F4Fs, the Buffalo was largely obsolete when the United States entered the war, being unstable and overweight, especially when compared to the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
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Flying Regiment 2 was fighter regiment of the Finnish Air Force during World War II.
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