Flight Regiment No. 23: "The Skjaldborg"

Admin Note: given the limitations of WarThunder's vehicle selection combined with its Battle Rating & Tiered systems, I decided it was more prudent to create our own squadron than strictly stick to a historically accurate one. Therefore, our regiment will follow as close as possible historical facts and the political climate of the time, but our actual selection of planes will be heavily influenced by what is available in WarThunder. So without further adieu, I give you:

Squadron No. 23:
"Skjaldborg"
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With the threat of another Soviet invasion looming on the horizon, Finland was desperate to expand its airforce. Unfortunately, a large and rapid expansion of the FiAF would not go unnoticed by its temperamental neighbor and the Finland government was nervous about giving the Russians any excuse to step up their timetable. A slow and steady expansion would go less noticed, but it would take too long. After much debate, a solution was found.

During the recent Winter War, Sweden had supported Finland in many indirect ways. One of these was Flying Regiment 19, a unit of Swedish volunteers. Drawing inspiration from this unit, Finland began talks with Sweden and other Scandinavian countries to form (in secret) a multinational squadron without Russia's knowledge. On June 20, 1940... less than a week after the Soviets began their invasion of the Baltic states, Squadron No. 23 was born.

In honor of its purpose and their Swedish allies, the squadron was named the Skjaldborg (or Shieldwall). As its name implied, it would be a shield in defense of Skandinavian freedom and democracy. The number 23 was chosen because it was a prime number (that cannot be divided) to represent their unity in a common goal.

Although the Skjaldborg would start as a ragtag ensemble of aging warplanes and hodgepodge equipment, by 1942, it would eventually mature into a veteran fighting unit with volunteers coming from almost every corner of the world.

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Information links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Regiment_19,_Finnish_Air_Force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation_War

 

Skjaldborg Vehicle Registry
Our official line up and what you should make a priority to unlock.

Tier 1 (1941) - internationally supplied equipment*
(wider selection since all are easy to research/unlock)

• P-36 Hawk (any)
• F2A Buffalo (any)
  
• PBY-5a (since the US currently lacks a landbased bomber in Tier 1)
• Hurricane Mk.I
• Gladiator
• Blenheim
• Beaufort
• He 112*
• Bf 110*
• He 111*
• MC 202* (rated like a Tier 1 plane)
• any tanks* (not historically accurate, but meh)

*German units are most recommended if you want fastest possible research progression.

Tier 2 (1942) - using Germany supplied planes and tanks ONLY!
(Finland didn't have an armor division until 1942!: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Armoured_Division)

• Bf 109 (any)
• Fw 190 (any)
• Do 217
• Ju 88
• He 111
• any German tank

Tier 3 (1943) - using Germany supplied planes and tanks ONLY!

• Bf 109 (any)
• Fw 190 (any)
• Do 217
• Me 410
• He 111
• any German tank (not entirely historically accurate, but meh)

Tier 4 (1944)

• TBA

 

reserved for pilot roster

 

I don't see an A-26 in that list

 

Yeah, we aren't making a new Squadron, this is just a funsie thing on top, like our companies

 

People can do that if they want just as long as they also level up their Germans too (Tier 3 is sufficient). The end goal is to get us fairly well unlocked in one specific faction so we can run Realistic battles (when we want to) where our TS communications and teamwork will give us the greatest advantage. You should have seen us a couple of days ago... completely dominated the scoreboard.

 

Agreed, but I would say even more so in WarThunder; even if the rest of your team goes stupidly into the fray, just a few coordinated players using proper ambush and hit & run tactics can have a huge impact on the outcome of a match. I got 10 kills without dying in a tank match recently just from setting up an ambush in the right spot. Raw skill had little to do with it... it was just knowing exactly where to be to stack the odds in my favor.