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No. 41 Squadron (Finland)

Finnish Air Force fighter training squadron

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ7043486 ↗
Source-derived summary

No. 41 Squadron (Finnish: Pommituslentolaivue 41 or PLe.Lv.41) was a bomber unit of the Finnish Air Force formed in 1946 and based at Luonetjärvi. The squadron belonged to Flying Regiment 4. In 1951 the unit was renamed into No. 41 Squadron (Lentolaivue 41 or Le.Lv.41).

No. 41 Fighter Squadron

No. 41 Fighter Squadron (Hävittäjälentolaivue 41 or HävLLv 41) is currently the fighter training squadron of the Training Air Wing, based in Tikkakoski. It flies Hawk Mk.51s and Mk.51As. In 2009 it received the Mk.66s that were purchased from Switzerland in 2007.

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The public source identifies “No. 41 Squadron (Finland)” as finnish Air Force fighter training squadron. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Squadron, Finland and Finnish.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1946, 1951, 2009, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1946-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Squadron, Finland and Finnish providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7043486. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1946, 1951, 2009 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “No. 41 Squadron (Finland)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.