Editing Hawker Hurricane (section)

===Finland===

[[File:Hawker Hurricane Mk I HC-452 Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo 03.JPG|thumb|left|Finnish Hurricane Mk.I at the [[Finnish Air Force Museum]]]]
During the [[Winter War]], the [[Finnish Air Force]] were in dire need of modern fighters and sourced them from several countries, including the United Kingdom. Finland bought 12 Hurricanes and the delivery commenced on 2 February 1940. The Hurricanes were flown from [[St Athan]], Wales to [[Västerås]], Sweden, via Scotland and Norway by Finnish pilots in two batches. The first batch arrived in Västerås on 29 February, with the last aircraft arriving on 10 March. During the second batch flight, two Hurricanes were lost, with one crashing in Norway and the other being damaged during landing in Scotland and left there.<ref name="Wawrzyńskip59">Wawrzyński 2001, pp. 59.</ref> The Hurricanes were initially deployed to [[No. 22 Squadron (Finland)|LLv 22]]. Later they were transferred to [[No. 28 Squadron (Finland)|LLv 28]] and finally moved to [[No. 30 Squadron (Finland)|LLv 30]]. During the period of [[Interim Peace]], two further Hurricanes were lost in accidents.<ref name="Wawrzyńskip59"/>

At the start of the [[Continuation War]] on 25 June 1941, the Hurricanes were allocated to LLv 30. On 2 July 1941, a Hurricane were mistakenly shot down by friendly anti-aircraft at [[Vainikkala]]. The Finnish Hurricanes' first combat came on 3 July, when three Hurricanes encountered several Soviet fighters and shot down an [[Polikarpov I-153|I-153 "''Chaika''"]]. In the next day, the Hurricane shot down a [[Tupolev SB]] bomber.<ref name="Wawrzyńskip59"/> Other encounters with Soviet fighters took place on 15 July above the [[Karelian Isthmus]], with two I-153 claimed as being shot down. The last aircraft shot down by Finnish Hurricanes was an [[Polikarpov I-15|I-15]] on 6 January 1942.<ref name="Wawrzyńskip60">Wawrzyński 2001, pp. 60.</ref>