No. 14 Squadron (Finland)

No. 14 Squadron Finnish Air Force
Active 30 November 1939 - 13 March 1940
25 June 1941 - 4 September 1944
Country Finland
Branch Finnish Air Force
Role reconnaissance
Engagements Winter War, Continuation War

No. 14 Squadron (Finnish: Lentolaivue 14 or LLv.14, from 3 May 1942 Le.Lv.14), later renamed No. 14 Reconnaissance Squadron (Finnish: Tiedustelulentolaivue 14 or TLe.Lv.14 on 14 February 1944), was a reconnaissance squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 1 during the Winter War and Flying Regiment 5 during the Continuation War.

Organization

Winter War

The equipment consisted of 5 Fokker C.Xs, 7 Fokker C.VEs, and 7 Gloster Gladiator IIs.

Continuation War

The equipment consisted of 14 Morane-Saulnier MS.406s, 3 Fokker D.XXIs, 2 Westland Lysanders, 1 Fokker C.V, and 1 Fieseler Fi 156.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/27/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.