Flying Regiment 19, Finnish Air Force

Flight Regiment 19, Finnish Air Force
Active	10 January 1940 - 13 March 1940
Countries	Finland
Branch	Finnish Air Force
Role	fighter/attack
Engagements	Winter War

The Flight Regiment 19 (Swedish: Flygflottilj 19, Finnish: Lentorykmentti 19 or LentoR 19), also known as the Swedish Voluntary Air Force or F 19 was a Finnish Air Force unit, manned by Swedish volunteers, which operated from Kemi in northern Finland for the last 62 days of the Winter War. The aircraft also came from the Swedish Air Force inventory. Its designation number was taken from the Swedish Air Force which had 18 flying regiments at the time. The designation F 19 has not been used in Sweden. When new regiments were later formed they were named F 20, F 21 and F 22.

The unit made a significant contribution to the defense of Finnish Lapland, from January 7, 1940, with 12 Gloster Gladiator II fighters,^[1] five Hawker Hart bombers, and eight other planes. In total, the unit destroyed twelve Soviet aircraft (eight in the air, four on the ground), and lost a total of six planes; two to enemy action and four to accidents. Three of its pilots were killed and two more were captured by Soviet forces. The captives were returned to Sweden five months after the end of the war.

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Organization

Staff
- Staff Detachment
- Radio Detachment
- Household Detachment
- Truck Detachment
- Medical Detachment
Airfield Company
Fighter Squadron, equipped with Gloster Gladiator Mk. Is
Attack/Joint Operation Flight, equipped with Hawker Harts
Transport/Liaison Flight, various aircraft types

The unit was equipped with 12 Gloster Gladiator Mk. Is, four Hawker Hart Mk. Is, one Raab-Katzenstein RK-26, one Waco ZQC-6, and one Junkers F 13kä.

Victories

Victories claimed while flying Gloster Gladiator
Name	Air force	Victories	Notes
Per-Johan Salwén	Finnish Air Force	3	F 19
Einar Theler	Finnish Air Force	2	F 19
Ian Iacobi	Finnish Air Force	1	F 19
Gideon Karlsson	Finnish Air Force	1	F 19
Roland Martin	Finnish Air Force	1	F 19

^[2]^[3]

The F 19 unit destroyed 12 enemy aircraft, and lost three Hawker Harts and three Gloster Gladiators due to various incidents, however, only one of these, a Gladiator, was lost in an air battle.

References

^ Avrosys.nu: J 8 - Gloster Gladiator (1937-1947) Archived 2007-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ Falk, Greger: F19:n - en krönika; Flyghistorisk Revy nummer 33, Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening, Stockholm, Sweden. c. 1989-1990
^ Geust, Carl-Fredrik (1997). "F19". Ikaros: Flygvapenmusei årsbok (in Swedish). Linköping: Flygvapenmuseum. SELIBR 4110804.

External links

F19, Swedish volunteer unit in Finland during the Winter War

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Flying regiments (historical)	Flying Regiment 1 Flying Regiment 2 Flying Regiment 3 Flying Regiment 4 Flying Regiment 5 Flying Regiment 19
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Current headquarters	Air Force Headquarters
Current wings	Karelia Air Command Lapland Air Command Satakunta Air Command
Schools	Air Force Academy Training Air Wing Aircraft and Weapon Systems Training Wing
Current direct reporting units	C4IS Material Command Air Material Command

This page was last edited on 20 March 2024, at 03:03

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