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Originally Posted by Juha
Hello Mirek
my source might have been a slightly off, I counted 56 lost in operations plus 4 planes of Swedish volunteers (F 19) for all causes, incl take off accidents even one Ripon which went through ice during a take-off but I didn't have time to check if all accidents happened during operational flights, so the figures are max for lost a/c during operational flights. Of course there were also losses during training, test and transfer flights.
Juha
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Juha, according to "Gloster Gladiator & Hawker Hart: in combat with Swedish voluntary Wing F19, Finland 1940", Swdish lost 3 Hawker Hart in combat on Jan 12 1940, 1 Gladiator in combat on Jan 23 1940, 1 Gladiator lost in accident on Feb 20 1940 and another Gladiator lost in accident on Mar 10 1940. Total 6 aircrafts.