LeR 5

SUOMEN ILMAVOIMIEN HISTORIA 24 FINNISH AIR FORCE HISTORY

Lentorykmentti 5 LeR 5

This book LeR 5 concludes the volumes dealing with the Aviation Regiments (LeR 1, LeR 2, LeR 3 and LeR 4), which now cover in 700 pages and 1200 photos the whole operational history of the Finnish Air Force in WW II. The predecessor of LeR 5 was Lentolaivue 6, which was exploited in maritime use and especially submarine hunting. LeR 5 was formed in late 1942 comprising one fighter and one bomber squadron, still flying for the naval forces. During the Soviet long-distance air force raid against Helsinki ion February 1944, a decision was made to convert the regiment into a night fighter unit. The Russian major offensive in June 1944 called a halt to this development. The defence victory led into a truce three months later and shelved the whole night fighter project for years. The book is compiled keeping those in mind who are interested in aviation history, warfare and modelling. The size of the book in B5 (176x250 mm) with laminated card covers, 128 pages printed on glossy art paper.  The main text is in Finnish with an English summary. Photo captions are fully bi-lingual for 208 top quality black/white and colour pictures, supplemented by 18 colour profiles and four pages of scale drawings. The appendixes contain all victories and operational losses added with commander and strength tables telling who did and with what.

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