________________B4 Hawker Hart*
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During the Winter War of 30 November 1939 to*
13 March 1940 between Finland and the Soviet*
Union, the Swedish volunteer unit F 19 operated*
for 62 days in the northern Finland equipped with*
J8 Gloster Gladiators Mk.I and B4 Hawker Harts*
purchased with money collected from the Swedish*
public.*
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There were five Harts in F 19 and three of them*
were lost during the war. All of them were flown*
with Finnish national markings. Individual aircraft*
carried identification letters R, Z, Y, X and M*
respectively. The photo for this unit shows M*
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All Swedish B4 Harts were powered by radial engines*
which resulted in an angular, less elegant appearance*
than their British Kestrel engined counterparts.*


