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Air War Over Finland 1939 - 1945 title screen.

Documentary (2000)

Work done by :
Kalevi Keskinen (Historian)
Väino Rajamäki (Former Lapland Air Commander)
Eero Sinikannel (Editor ?)
Peter Martin (Speaker)

A documentary about the Air War over Finland from 1939 until 1945. A chance to have a look on some quite rare aircraft types.
(Please, note that Finns don't use roman numeral).

Fokker D.XXI

Fokker D.21 as Finns write it but the manufacturer uses D.XXI as type naming.
The first seen is coded FR-79 (c/n 5441) and is powered by a Mercury engine. It was destroyed in an accident on June 1939 after 120 hours of flight.

Bristol 142 Blenheim Mk.I

Fokker C.10

The manufacturer's type name (Fokker C.X) was replaced in Finland by Fokker C.10

Blackburn Ripon IIF

Junkers K 43

K 43 are the military types of the W 34 family, itself very close to the W 33 family.

VL E.30 Kotka

VL stands for Valtion Lentokonetehdas which means State (Finnish) Aircraft Factory. One prototype and five production aircraft built in the beginning of the thirties.

Bristol 142 Blenheim Mk.IV

Polikarpov I-16

Tail of a Polikarpov I-16.

Unidentified Aircraft

Accident ? Shotdown ? Probably a twin engine aircraft.

Ilyushin DB-3

Ilyushin DB-3 shot down on 5th February 1940 at Keräsyrjä.

Tupolev SB 2M-100A

SB Bombers over Helsinki on 30th November 1939... with some pigeons flying away !

Morane-Saulnier MS.406

Gloster Gladiator

Finnish Gloster Gladiator GL-263.

Swedish Gloster Gladiator, type J-8 as the volunteers named it.

Tupolev SB M-103

Fiat G.50

Fiat G.50 FA-1 of 3/LeLv 26, 1941.

Polikarpov I-153

Junkers Ju 87B Stuka

Dornier Do 17 Z

Supermarine Spitfire Mk I/II

Hawker Hurricane I

One of the twelve received by Finland in 1940.

Høver M.F.11

One of the 29 M.F. 11 built by Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk (The [Norwegian] Navy's Flying Boat Factory), usually known as Høver M.F.11. Three of these three-seat, single-engined biplane flew to Finland at the fall of Norway on 8th June 1940. They were pressed into service by Finland when USSR created a state of war. They served until winter 1944.

Brewster B-239

With a 5 on the rudder, it's probably BW-365 of LeLv 24.

File:AWOF 57-30 BL-114.jpg

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 == [[:Category: Fokker C.X|Fokker C.10]] ==
-The manufacturer type name (Fokker C.X) was replaced in Finland by Fokker C.10
+The manufacturer's type name (Fokker C.X) was replaced in Finland by Fokker C.10
 [[Image:AWOF_03-19_Fokker_C-X.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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 == [[:Category: Junkers W 33| Junkers K 43]] ==
-K 43 are the military types of the W 34 family.
+K 43 are the military types of the W 34 family, itself very close to the W 33 family.
 [[Image:AWOF_03-29_Ju-K43fa.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 [[Image:AWOF_03-30_Ju-43fa.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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 == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
-Accident ? Shotdown ?
+Accident ? Shotdown ? Probably a twin engine aircraft.
 [[Image:AWOF_04-58_.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 == [[:Category: Ilyushin DB-3 Family|Ilyushin DB-3]] ==
-Ilyushin DB-3 shotdown on 05 February 1940.
+Ilyushin DB-3 shot down on 5th February 1940 at Keräsyrjä.
 [[Image:AWOF_04-59_DB-3_19400205.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 == [[:Category: Tupolev SB|Tupolev SB 2M-100A]] ==
 [[Image:AWOF_05-30_SB.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-Bombers over Helsinki on 30th November 1939... with some pigeons flying away !
+SB Bombers over Helsinki on 30th November 1939... with some pigeons flying away !
 [[Image:AWOF_05-45_SB-Helsinki_19391130.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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 == Fiat G.50 ==
 [[Image:AWOF_09-13_G-50.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+Fiat G.50 FA-1 of 3/LeLv 26, 1941.
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-== [[:Category: Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire]] ==
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 [[Image:AWOF_11-47_Spit.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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 ==[[:Category: Brewster F2A Buffalo|Brewster B-239]]==
+With a 5 on the rudder, it's probably BW-365 of LeLv 24.
 [[Image:AWOF_12-46_B-239.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]