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<b>Documentary (2000)</b><br>
 
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== Blackburn Ripon IIF ==
 
== Blackburn Ripon IIF ==
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Wheels / floats were replaced by skis during the winter.
 
[[Image:AWOF_03-25_Blackburn-Ripon-IIF.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_03-25_Blackburn-Ripon-IIF.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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== VL E.30 Kotka ==
 
== VL E.30 Kotka ==
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VL stands for Valtion Lentokonetehdas which means State (Finnish) Aircraft Factory. One prototype and five production aircraft built in the beginning of the thirties.
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VL stands for Valtion Lentokonetehdas which means (Finnish) State Aircraft Factory. One prototype and five production aircraft built in the beginning of the thirties.
 
[[Image:AWOF_03-33_VL-E30.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_03-33_VL-E30.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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Fiat G.50 FA-1 of 3/LeLv 26, 1941.
 
Fiat G.50 FA-1 of 3/LeLv 26, 1941.
 
[[Image:AWOF_12-37_G-50_1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_12-37_G-50_1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_13-46_G-50.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Polikarpov I-15|Polikarpov I-153]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Polikarpov I-15|Polikarpov I-153]] ==
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[[Image:AWOF_12-42_Hover_MF-11.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_12-42_Hover_MF-11.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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==[[:Category: Brewster F2A Buffalo|Brewster B-239]]==  
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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.
 
With a 5 on the rudder, it's probably BW-365 of LeLv 24.
 
[[Image:AWOF_12-46_B-239.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_12-46_B-239.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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== Fokker D.XXI ==
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[[Image:AWOF_13-05_FR8.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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FR-116 ?
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[[Image:AWOF_13-09_Mercury.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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FR-109 ?
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[[Image:AWOF_13-50_21zebra.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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[[Image:AWOF_13-05_FR8.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk | Curtiss H-75 A Hawk]] == 
 
[[Image:AWOF_13-05_H75.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_13-05_H75.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_13-09_Mercury.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_13-37_Curtiss.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Tupolev SB|Tupolev SB bis]] ==
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Finnish Tupolev SB powered by M-103 engines. Six were refurbished by Finns and seventeen purchased from Germany.
 
[[Image:AWOF_13-21_SB-Fin.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_13-21_SB-Fin.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Polikarpov I-15|Polikarpov I-153]] ==
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Perhaps VH-101 (later VT-11 then IT-11). This Polikarpov I-153 was sized by Finns.
 
[[Image:AWOF_13-26_I-153.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_13-26_I-153.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_13-37_Curtiss.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_13-46_G-50.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Heinkel He 111|Heinkel He 111H]] ==
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[[Image:AWOF_13-50_21zebra.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].
 
[[Image:AWOF_15-26_He111_DV.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_15-26_He111_DV.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Morane-Saulnier MS.406|Morane-Saulnier MS.406]] ==
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Morane-Saulnier MS.406 c/n 715 coded MS-608 will be shot down on 7th November 1941. Former L-744 in France until June 1940 when it was sized by German troops.
 
[[Image:AWOF_15-52-MS-406a.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_15-52-MS-406a.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_15-52-MS-406b.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_15-52-MS-406b.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Ilyushin DB-3 Family|Ilyushin DB-3]] ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_16-34_DB-3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_16-34_DB-3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Junkers Ju 88| Junkers Ju 88 A-4]] ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_18-27-Ju-88.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_18-27-Ju-88.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Fokker C.X|Fokker C.10]] ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_18-44_Fokker_CX.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_18-44_Fokker_CX.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Gloster Gladiator|Gloster Gladiator]] ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_18-49_Gladiator.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_18-49_Gladiator.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== Blackburn Ripon IIF ==
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This one on floats.
 
[[Image:AWOF_18-57_Blackburn-Ripon-IIF.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_18-57_Blackburn-Ripon-IIF.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Bristol 142 Blenheim| Bristol 142 Blenheim]] ==
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Shots used again in [[Tali-Ihantala 1944]].
 
[[Image:AWOF_20-36_Blenheim-DV-Tali.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_20-36_Blenheim-DV-Tali.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_2015-01-02-21h47m07s22.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk | Curtiss H-75 A Hawk]] ==
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Curtiss CU-556 of LeLv 32.
 
[[Image:AWOF_23-19_H-75A.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_23-19_H-75A.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Brewster F2A Buffalo|Brewster B-239]] ==
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Brewster B-239 BW-378 of 4/LeLv 24.
 
[[Image:AWOF_23-45_B-239.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_23-45_B-239.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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Brewster B-239 BW-384 of 2/LeLv 24.
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[[Image:AWOF_36-58_BW-384.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Focke-Wulf Fw 44 | Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz]] ==
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On the foreground. Behind, a Brewster B-239 is landing.
 
[[Image:AWOF_27-41_Fw-44.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_27-41_Fw-44.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== Fokker D.XXI ==
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Fokker D.21 FR-91 was shot down on 7th October 1941.
 
[[Image:AWOF_29-23_FR-91.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_29-23_FR-91.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Douglas DC-2| Douglas DC-2]] ==
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Only one coded DC-1 was committed to operations.
 
[[Image:AWOF_31-56_DC-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_31-56_DC-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_36-47_DC-2_para.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_33-21_.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_33-21_.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Junkers W 33| Junkers K 43]] ==
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Finns usually called their aircrafts of the W33 / W34 / K 43 family just by : Junkers.
 
[[Image:AWOF_36-06_Ju-W34.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_36-06_Ju-W34.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_36-47_DC-2_para.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_36-58_BW-384.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== Fiat G.50 ==
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Fiat G-50 FA-29, winter 1942.
 
[[Image:AWOF_38-36_G-50.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_38-36_G-50.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Tupolev SB|Tupolev SB bis]] ==
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Tupolev SB M-103 of the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force).
 
[[Image:AWOF_39-31_SB-2M-100.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_39-31_SB-2M-100.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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 +
== [[:Category: Polikarpov I-15|Polikarpov I-153]] ==
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Two Polikarpov I-153 worn a "2" on their rudder but the yellow band at some distance of the blue Count von Rosen's swastika indicates the VH-12 (later IT-12). Shot taken before July 1942 because this aircraft sank following an angine fire on the 9th of July.
 
[[Image:AWOF_39-49_I153.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_39-49_I153.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: de Havilland DH60 Moth|de Havilland DH60 Moth]] ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_41-52_DH-60.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_41-52_DH-60.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== VL E.30 Kotka ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_42-23_VL-E30-Kotka.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_42-23_VL-E30-Kotka.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Dornier Do 17 | Dornier Do 17 Z]] ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_42-40_Do-17.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_42-40_Do-17.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_44-41_Do-17.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Morane-Saulnier MS.406|Morane-Saulnier MS.406]] ==
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Morane-Saulnier MS.406 coded MS-325. It was lost on 7th August 1942.
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[[Image:AWOF 43-34 MS-325.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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Please note the retractable radiator, here in extended position.
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[[Image:AWOF_43-41-MS-406.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Morane-Saulnier MS.406|Morane-Saulnier MS.410]] ==
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Note the fixed radiator, the most visible difference with the 406.
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[[Image:AWOF 43-28-MS-410.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Petlyakov Pe-2| Petlyakov Pe-2]] == 
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First a Petlyakov Pe-2 manned by the Finns.
 
[[Image:AWOF_44-02_Pe-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_44-02_Pe-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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Then one used by the Luftwaffe.
 
[[Image:AWOF_44-10_Pe-2_LW.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_44-10_Pe-2_LW.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_44-41_Do-17.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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A flight of the VVS (Soviet Union).
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[[Image:AWOF_48-31_Pe-2-VVS.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== Dornier Do 22 Kl ==
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Four export version for Latvia. Not delivered, but eventually transferred to Finland.
 
[[Image:AWOF_47-35_Do-22Kl.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_47-35_Do-22Kl.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_47-39_Do-22Kl.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== Høver M.F.11 ==
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With a Dornier Do 22 Kl in the background.
 
[[Image:AWOF_47-37_MF11.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_47-37_MF11.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_47-39_Do-22Kl.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_48-31_Pe-2-VVS.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== VL Myrsky ==
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Finnish indigenous fighter. The prototype flew on 23 December 1941 and led to a serie of 47 Myrsky II. Their delivery to front units occurred a few weeks before of the cease fire and few operational missions were flown. In service until 1950.
 
[[Image:AWOF_49-16_VL-Myrsky.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_49-16_VL-Myrsky.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109| Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2]] ==
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Shot used again in [[Tali-Ihantala 1944]].<br>
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MT-227 of 2/HLeLv 24 on 8th May 1944.
 
[[Image:AWOF_49-26_Bf109G2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_49-26_Bf109G2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 | Focke-Wulfe Fw 190 F]] ==
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Of the Luftwaffe.
 
[[Image:AWOF_51-30_Fw190F.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_51-30_Fw190F.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Lavochkin La-5|Lavochkin La-5FN]] ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_52-01_La-5FN.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_52-01_La-5FN.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Bell P-39 Airacobra | Bell P-39 Airacobra ]] ==
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Used by the VVS.
 
[[Image:AWOF_52-03_P-39.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_52-03_P-39.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Junkers Ju-87 Stuka | Junkers Ju 87 D Stuka]] ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_53-04_Ju87D.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_53-04_Ju87D.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 | Focke-Wulfe Fw 190 A-6]] ==
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Same aircraft seen in [[Tali-Ihantala 1944]].<br>
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Fw 190 A-6 "black 1" of 5/JG54 taking off at Immola, July 1944.
 
[[Image:AWOF_53-27_Fw190F.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_53-27_Fw190F.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Yakovlev Yak-9|Yakovlev Yak-9]] ==
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A YAk-9 of a Guard Regiment, VVS.
 
[[Image:AWOF_53-50_Yak9-Guard.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_53-50_Yak9-Guard.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Sukhoi Su-2|Sukhoi Su-2]] ==
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Seen again on DVD07 of [[Wings of Russia (page 2)]].
 
[[Image:AWOF_54-00_Su-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_54-00_Su-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109| Messerschmitt Bf 109 E]] ==
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Late in the documentary, this Bf 109 E was in fact in Finland on summer 1941.
 
[[Image:AWOF_54-34_109E.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_54-34_109E.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Junkers Ju 88| Junkers Ju 88 A-4]] ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_54-46_Ju-88.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_54-46_Ju-88.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109| Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6]] ==
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MT-455 of 1/HLeLv 24, Lappeenranta on 26 June 1944.
 
[[Image:AWOF_56-25_109G6.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_56-25_109G6.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:AWOF_57-30_BL-114.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Bristol 142 Blenheim| Bristol 142 Blenheim Mk I]] ==
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BL-114.
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[[Image:AWOF57-30_BL-114.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Lavochkin LaGG-3|Lavochkin LaGG-3]] ==
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One of the three Lavochkin captured in 1942 and pressed into combat by the Finns.
 
[[Image:AWOF_58-48_LaGG-3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_58-48_LaGG-3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk | Curtiss H-75 A Hawk]] ==
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Curtiss Cu-580.
 
[[Image:AWOF_59-11_H75_Cu-580.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_59-11_H75_Cu-580.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik | Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik]] ==
 
[[Image:AWOF_61-31_Il-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:AWOF_61-31_Il-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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[[Category: Airspeed Oxford]]
 
[[Category: Airspeed Oxford]]
 
[[Category: Avro Anson]]  
 
[[Category: Avro Anson]]  
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[[Category: Bell P-39 Airacobra]]
 
[[Category: Brewster F2A Buffalo]]  
 
[[Category: Brewster F2A Buffalo]]  
 
[[Category: Bristol 142 Blenheim]]  
 
[[Category: Bristol 142 Blenheim]]  
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[[Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk]]
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[[Category: de Havilland DH60 Moth]]
 
[[Category: Dornier Do 17]]  
 
[[Category: Dornier Do 17]]  
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[[Category: Douglas DC-2]]
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[[Category: Focke-Wulf Fw 44]]
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[[Category: Focke-Wulf Fw 190]]
 
[[Category: Fokker C.X]]
 
[[Category: Fokker C.X]]
 
[[Category: Gloster Gladiator]]  
 
[[Category: Gloster Gladiator]]  
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[[Category: Heinkel He 111]]
 
[[Category: Ilyushin DB-3 Family]]  
 
[[Category: Ilyushin DB-3 Family]]  
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[[Category: Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik]]
 
[[Category: Junkers Ju-87 Stuka]]  
 
[[Category: Junkers Ju-87 Stuka]]  
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[[Category: Junkers Ju 88]]
 
[[Category: Junkers W 33]]
 
[[Category: Junkers W 33]]
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[[Category: Lavochkin La-5]]
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[[Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109]]
 
[[Category: Morane-Saulnier MS.406]]
 
[[Category: Morane-Saulnier MS.406]]
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[[Category: Petlyakov Pe-2]]
 
[[Category: Polikarpov I-15]]
 
[[Category: Polikarpov I-15]]
 
[[Category: Polikarpov I-16]]  
 
[[Category: Polikarpov I-16]]  
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[[Category: Sukhoi Su-2]]
 
[[Category: Supermarine Spitfire]]
 
[[Category: Supermarine Spitfire]]
 
[[Category: Tupolev SB]]
 
[[Category: Tupolev SB]]
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[[Category: Yakovlev Yak-9]]

Revision as of 18:48, 11 January 2015

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).

Supermarine Spitfire

AWOF 00-50.jpg

Airspeed Oxford

AWOF 00-55 Airspeed-Oxford.jpg

Avro Anson Mk.I

AWOF 02-38 Anson.jpg

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.

AWOF 03-09 DXXI FR79.jpg
AWOF 03-38 D-XXI Mercury.jpg

Bristol 142 Blenheim Mk.I

AWOF 03-10 Blenheim.jpg

Fokker C.10

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

AWOF 03-19 Fokker C-X.jpg
AWOF 03-21 Fokker C-X.jpg
AWOF 06-51-Fokker.jpg
AWOF 07-04 Fokker.jpg

Blackburn Ripon IIF

Wheels / floats were replaced by skis during the winter.

AWOF 03-25 Blackburn-Ripon-IIF.jpg

Junkers K 43

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

AWOF 03-29 Ju-K43fa.jpg
AWOF 03-30 Ju-43fa.jpg

VL E.30 Kotka

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

AWOF 03-33 VL-E30.jpg

Bristol 142 Blenheim Mk.IV

AWOF 03-56 Blenheim-IV.jpg
AWOF 04-09 Blenheim-IV.jpg

Polikarpov I-16

AWOF 04-21 I-16.jpg

Tail of a Polikarpov I-16.

AWOF 09-38 I-16.jpg

Unidentified Aircraft

Accident ? Shotdown ? Probably a twin engine aircraft.

AWOF 04-58 .jpg

Ilyushin DB-3

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

AWOF 04-59 DB-3 19400205.jpg

Tupolev SB 2M-100A

AWOF 05-30 SB.jpg

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

AWOF 05-45 SB-Helsinki 19391130.jpg
AWOF 08-37 SB-M100.jpg

Morane-Saulnier MS.406

AWOF 06-20-MS-406.jpg

Gloster Gladiator

Finnish Gloster Gladiator GL-263.

AWOF 07-33 GL-263.jpg

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

AWOF 07-56 GL swedish-J8.jpg

Tupolev SB M-103

AWOF 08-20 SB-M103.jpg

Fiat G.50

AWOF 09-13 G-50.jpg

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

AWOF 12-37 G-50 1.jpg
AWOF 13-46 G-50.jpg

Polikarpov I-153

AWOF 09-19 I-153.jpg

Junkers Ju 87B Stuka

AWOF 11-27 Ju-87.jpg

Dornier Do 17 Z

AWOF 11-44 Do17.jpg

Supermarine Spitfire Mk I/II

AWOF 11-47 Spit.jpg

Hawker Hurricane I

One of the twelve received by Finland in 1940.

AWOF 12-40 HHurricane.jpg

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.

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Brewster B-239

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

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Fokker D.XXI

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FR-116 ?

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FR-109 ?

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Curtiss H-75 A Hawk

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Tupolev SB bis

Finnish Tupolev SB powered by M-103 engines. Six were refurbished by Finns and seventeen purchased from Germany.

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Polikarpov I-153

Perhaps VH-101 (later VT-11 then IT-11). This Polikarpov I-153 was sized by Finns.

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Heinkel He 111H

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

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Morane-Saulnier MS.406

Morane-Saulnier MS.406 c/n 715 coded MS-608 will be shot down on 7th November 1941. Former L-744 in France until June 1940 when it was sized by German troops.

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Ilyushin DB-3

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Junkers Ju 88 A-4

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Fokker C.10

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Gloster Gladiator

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Blackburn Ripon IIF

This one on floats.

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

Shots used again in Tali-Ihantala 1944.

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Curtiss H-75 A Hawk

Curtiss CU-556 of LeLv 32.

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Brewster B-239

Brewster B-239 BW-378 of 4/LeLv 24.

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Brewster B-239 BW-384 of 2/LeLv 24.

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Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz

On the foreground. Behind, a Brewster B-239 is landing.

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Fokker D.XXI

Fokker D.21 FR-91 was shot down on 7th October 1941.

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Douglas DC-2

Only one coded DC-1 was committed to operations.

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Unidentified Aircraft

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Junkers K 43

Finns usually called their aircrafts of the W33 / W34 / K 43 family just by : Junkers.

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Fiat G.50

Fiat G-50 FA-29, winter 1942.

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Tupolev SB bis

Tupolev SB M-103 of the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force).

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Polikarpov I-153

Two Polikarpov I-153 worn a "2" on their rudder but the yellow band at some distance of the blue Count von Rosen's swastika indicates the VH-12 (later IT-12). Shot taken before July 1942 because this aircraft sank following an angine fire on the 9th of July.

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de Havilland DH60 Moth

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VL E.30 Kotka

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Dornier Do 17 Z

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Morane-Saulnier MS.406

Morane-Saulnier MS.406 coded MS-325. It was lost on 7th August 1942.

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Please note the retractable radiator, here in extended position.

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Morane-Saulnier MS.410

Note the fixed radiator, the most visible difference with the 406.

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Petlyakov Pe-2

First a Petlyakov Pe-2 manned by the Finns.

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Then one used by the Luftwaffe.

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A flight of the VVS (Soviet Union).

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Dornier Do 22 Kl

Four export version for Latvia. Not delivered, but eventually transferred to Finland.

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Høver M.F.11

With a Dornier Do 22 Kl in the background.

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VL Myrsky

Finnish indigenous fighter. The prototype flew on 23 December 1941 and led to a serie of 47 Myrsky II. Their delivery to front units occurred a few weeks before of the cease fire and few operational missions were flown. In service until 1950.

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2

Shot used again in Tali-Ihantala 1944.
MT-227 of 2/HLeLv 24 on 8th May 1944.

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Focke-Wulfe Fw 190 F

Of the Luftwaffe.

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Lavochkin La-5FN

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Bell P-39 Airacobra

Used by the VVS.

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Junkers Ju 87 D Stuka

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Focke-Wulfe Fw 190 A-6

Same aircraft seen in Tali-Ihantala 1944.
Fw 190 A-6 "black 1" of 5/JG54 taking off at Immola, July 1944.

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Yakovlev Yak-9

A YAk-9 of a Guard Regiment, VVS.

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Sukhoi Su-2

Seen again on DVD07 of Wings of Russia (page 2).

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 E

Late in the documentary, this Bf 109 E was in fact in Finland on summer 1941.

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Junkers Ju 88 A-4

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6

MT-455 of 1/HLeLv 24, Lappeenranta on 26 June 1944.

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Bristol 142 Blenheim Mk I

BL-114.

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Lavochkin LaGG-3

One of the three Lavochkin captured in 1942 and pressed into combat by the Finns.

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Curtiss H-75 A Hawk

Curtiss Cu-580.

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Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik

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