No. 12 Squadron (Finland)


No. 12 Squadron, renamed No. 12 Reconnaissance Squadron was a reconnaissance squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 1.

Organization

Winter War

The equipment consisted of 13 Fokker C.Xs, 6 Gloster Gladiators, and 1 Westland Lysander.

Continuation War

The equipment consisted of 6 Fokker C.Xs, 3 Gloster Gladiators, 4 Curtiss Hawk 75As, 12 Fokker D.XXIs, and 4 Blackburn Ripon IIs. By the end of the war the unit also received 20 VL Myrsky IIs, 2 Bristol Blenheim Mk.Is, and 2 Polikarpov U-2s.