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No. 24 Sqn had 763 confirmed kills and lost itself 30 aircraft (of whom 26 to enemy fighters). This gives a kill-ratio of 29.3 downed enemy aircraft for every own aircraft lost. Four pilots of No. 24 Sqn were awarded with the
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Brewster fighters. At the same time, a new unit was formed. No. 34 Sqn was formed to incorporate the new Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. It also recruited the best pilots from other units, among them many of No. 24 Sqn's best pilots, i.e.
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incident, when the Finnish anti-aircraft defences downed a fighter. Bad weather stopped air operations several times during the war, but the squadron downed 12 enemy aircraft on December 19, including two I-16 fighters. The total claimed tally for December 1939 was 54 aircraft shot down against one
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bombers from the 4th Air Regiment. Soviet reconnaissance discovered the Finnish troop concentrations and began a series of attacks on these on July 8. The No 24 Sqn downed 11 enemy aircraft without own losses. The unit continued with its support operations during the summer of 1941. By the end of
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fighters, that had been license-manufactured in Finland. The first unit commander, Richard Lorenz, developed a new fighter tactic, based on aircraft pairs, instead of the three-aircraft groups that were standard of the day. It is possible that the Finnish Air Force was the first air force to
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Fleet and 114 aircraft from the Soviet Arctic Red Fleet. The Finnish aircraft were marked with a yellow band, similar to German aircraft, to more easily distinguish them from the opponents' aircraft.
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781:: 32.5 victories. Mannerheim cross winner. Killed in action
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840:Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari (2000) .
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793:: 31 victories. Mannerheim cross winner.
763:: 56 victories. Mannerheim cross winner.
928:. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2001.
914:. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1998.
282:. No. 24 Sqn was equipped with British
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109:15 July 1933 - 4 September 1944
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743:Top 10 aces of No. 24 Squadron
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100:Lynx emblem of No. 24 Squadron
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350:Viktor Pyötsiä, 7.5 victories
347:Jorma Sarvanto, 13 victories
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912:Finnish Aces of World War 2
894:Finnish Air Force 1918–1968
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374:The Continuation War
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749:Ilmari Juutilainen
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803:Tapio Järvi
175:), renamed
138:Engagements
56:introducing
1224:No. 48 Sqn
1219:No. 46 Sqn
1214:No. 45 Sqn
1209:No. 44 Sqn
1204:No. 43 Sqn
1199:No. 42 Sqn
1194:No. 41 Sqn
1189:No. 40 Sqn
1184:No. 39 Sqn
1179:No. 38 Sqn
1174:No. 36 Sqn
1169:No. 35 Sqn
1164:No. 34 Sqn
1159:No. 33 Sqn
1154:No. 32 Sqn
1149:No. 31 Sqn
1144:No. 30 Sqn
1139:No. 29 Sqn
1134:No. 28 Sqn
1129:No. 26 Sqn
1124:No. 25 Sqn
1119:No. 24 Sqn
1114:No. 22 Sqn
1109:No. 21 Sqn
1104:No. 20 Sqn
1099:No. 17 Sqn
1094:No. 16 Sqn
1089:No. 15 Sqn
1084:No. 14 Sqn
1079:No. 13 Sqn
1074:No. 12 Sqn
1069:No. 11 Sqn
1064:No. 10 Sqn
767:Olavi Puro
711:4th Flight
701:3rd Flight
679:2nd Flight
657:1st Flight
593:5th Flight
583:4th Flight
561:3rd Flight
539:2nd Flight
529:1st Flight
523:Winter War
408:lend-lease
291:Winter War
273:Foundation
179:(Finnish:
142:Winter War
1059:No. 6 Sqn
1054:No. 4 Sqn
1049:No. 1 Sqn
1042:Squadrons
797:Emil Vesa
755:Hans Wind
715:4. Lentue
705:3. Lentue
683:2. Lentue
661:1. Lentue
635:2./LLv.26
621:1./LLv.26
597:5. Lentue
587:4. Lentue
565:3. Lentue
543:2. Lentue
533:1. Lentue
457:Hans Wind
236:, flying
223:Hans Wind
185:HLe.Lv.24
173:Le. Lv.24
64:June 2016
1348:Category
1244:Test Sqn
300:and the
230:HLeLv 31
1295:Schools
244:History
195:during
189:fighter
161:Finnish
133:fighter
117:Finland
114:Country
52:improve
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509:Major
442:, and
428:LaGG-3
417:MiG-3s
169:LLv.24
122:Branch
106:Active
810:Notes
444:Yak-7
440:Yak-1
37:, or
930:ISBN
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739:Gs.
463:1944
450:1943
432:La-5
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379:1941
221:and
130:Role
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