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The Flight Regiment 19 ((スウェーデン語:Flygflottilj 19), (フィンランド語:Lentorykmentti 19) or ), 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 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,〔Avrosys.nu: (J 8 - Gloster Gladiator (1937-1947) )〕 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. ==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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flying Regiment 19, Finnish Air Force」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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