Kammala jumla mai zuwa: IAP na 19 ya koma gundumar soja ta Leningrad a watan Oktoba, kuma tsakanin 30 ga Nuwamba, 1939 zuwa 13 ga Maris, 1940 ya yi yaƙi a cikin
Yakin hunturu a kan Finland a matsayin wani ɓangare na Brigade na 54 na Fighter Aviation na VVS 7th Army na Arewa maso Yamma. Da farko ya hada da rukuni uku na I-16s da kuma rukuni na I-15bis; an canja shi zuwa arewa a tsakiyar watan Disamba kuma an maye gurbinsa da sabon I-16 da ke dauke da 4th Aviation Squadron a farkon watan Janairu. A lokacin yakin, an ba da izini ga rundunar da ta tashi 3,646 sorties, ta saukar da jirgin sama na Finnish guda uku a cikin yaƙin iska da lalata biyu a ƙasa, da injinan injuna 74 da motocin jirgin ƙasa 150 da aka lalata a hare-haren ƙasa; bai yi asara ba. Don "aikin misali na ayyukan yaƙi", an ba IAP na 19 lambar yabo ta Red Banner a ranar 11 ga Afrilu.