No. 30 Squadron (Finland)

No. 30 Squadron Finnish Air Force
Active	March 1940 - 4 December 1944
Country	Finland
Branch	Finnish Air Force
Role	fighter
Engagements	Continuation War

No. 30 Squadron (Finnish: Lentolaivue 30 or LLv.30, from 3 May 1942 Le.Lv.30), renamed No. 30 Fighter Squadron (Finnish: Hävittäjälentolaivue 30 or HLe.Lv.30 on 14 February 1944) was a fighter squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II, which had been formed from the disbanded No. 10 Squadron. The No. 30 Sqn was part of Flying Regiment 5.

No. 30 Sqn achieved 39 aerial victories, sank 14 vessels and damaged a further 8 vessels. Ten pilots were lost in air combat and one to anti-aircraft fire (9 aircraft were lost in air combat, and a further 16 in accidents). On November 6, 1942, Captain Veikko Karu, commander of the 3rd Flight, was awarded the Mannerheim Cross for his 7 air victories and for his participation in the sinking of 13 vessels.

Organization

Continuation War

1st Flight (1. Lentue)
2nd Flight (2. Lentue)
3rd Flight (3. Lentue)
2nd Flight of No. 24 Squadron (2./LLv.24)
- Detachment Ahola (Osasto Ahola)
1st Flight of No. 24 Squadron (1./Le.Lv.24)
- Detachment Luukkanen (Osasto Luukkanen)

The equipment consisted of 30 Fokker D.XXIs, 5 Hawker Hurricane Is, 2 Polikarpov I-16s, 5 Polikarpov I-153s, and 1 Blackburn Ripon IIF. Detachment Luukkanen flew Messerschmitt Bf 109Gs.

External links

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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