No. 6 Squadron (Finland)

No. 6 Squadron Finnish Air Force
Active	25 June 1941 - 5 September 1944
Country	Finland
Branch	Finnish Air Force
Role	maritime bomber
Engagements	Continuation War

No. 6 Squadron (Finnish: Lentolaivue 6 or LLv.6, from 3 May 1942 Le.Lv.6), renamed No. 6 Bomber Squadron (Finnish: Pommituslentolaivue 6 or PLe.Lv.6 on 14 February 1944) was a maritime bomber squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 5.

Organization

Continuation War

1st Flight (1. Lentue)
2nd Flight (2. Lentue)
3rd Flight (3. Lentue)
4th Flight (4. Lentue)
5th Flight (5. Lentue)

The equipment consisted of 5 Polikarpov I-153s, 2 Koolhoven F.K.52s, 14 Tupolev SBs, 3 Dornier Do 22KIs, 2 Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11s, 6 Blackburn Ripon IIFs, 3 Beriev MBR-2s and 1 Heinkel He 59B-2.

External links

Lentolaivue 6

Finnish Air Force

Flying regiments (historical)	Flying Regiment 1 Flying Regiment 2 Flying Regiment 3 Flying Regiment 4 Flying Regiment 5 Flying Regiment 19

Squadrons	No. 1 Sqn No. 4 Sqn No. 6 Sqn No. 10 Sqn No. 11 Sqn No. 12 Sqn No. 13 Sqn No. 14 Sqn No. 15 Sqn No. 16 Sqn No. 17 Sqn No. 20 Sqn No. 21 Sqn No. 22 Sqn No. 24 Sqn No. 25 Sqn No. 26 Sqn No. 28 Sqn No. 29 Sqn No. 30 Sqn No. 31 Sqn No. 32 Sqn No. 33 Sqn No. 34 Sqn No. 35 Sqn No. 36 Sqn No. 38 Sqn No. 39 Sqn No. 40 Sqn No. 41 Sqn No. 42 Sqn No. 43 Sqn No. 44 Sqn No. 45 Sqn No. 46 Sqn No. 48 Sqn Flight Depot 1 Flight Depot 2 Test Flight Sqn Test Sqn

Current headquarters	Air Force Headquarters

Current wings	Karelian Air Command Lapland Air Command Satakunta Air Command

Current schools	Air Force Academy Training Air Wing Aircraft and Weapon Systems Training Wing

Current direct reporting units	C4IS Material Command Air Material Command Finnish Intelligence Research Establishment

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