This is a list of aircraft used by the Finnish Air Force during World War II. Finland operated a wide variety of aircraft during World War II from several countries. The main objective of the Finnish Air Force during World War II was to maintain air superiority over Finland to prevent Soviet aircraft reinforcing the advance of Soviet ground forces into Finland. However Finnish bombers did exist and provided support to Finnish ground troops. The Finnish Air Force caused far higher losses during the war to the Soviet Air force than they received, shooting down 1,621 Soviet aircraft as opposed to 210 Finnish aircraft shot down.
Fighters
Polikarpov I-15 Gloster Gauntlet Gloster Gladiator Hawker Hurricane Messerschmitt Bf 109 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 Fokker D.XXI Fiat G.50 Freccia Curtiss P-36 Hawk Brewster F2A Buffalo Caudron C.714 Petlyakov Pe-3 Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk VL Myrsky
Bombers
Tupolev SBKeskinen & Stenman, p. 75 Bristol Blenheim Dornier Do 17 Junkers Ju 88 Petlyakov Pe-2 Fokker C.X
Torpedo bombers
Blackburn Ripon Dornier Do 22 Heinkel He 115 Fokker T.VIII
Reconnaissance
Aero A.11 Beriev MBR-2 Heinkel He 59
Liaison/army cooperation
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch Westland Lysander
Transport
Junkers Ju 52 Douglas DC-2
Trainers
Polikarpov Po-2 De Havilland Tiger Moth Avro Anson
Prototypes
VL Humu VL Pyörremyrsky
References
Bibliography