Photos WW2 Finnish armed forces

[BravoZulu]

This must be pretty early in the winter war I would assume, since there is no camo and the plane looks factory fresh.

The Buffalo was obsolete against the Japanese but the Finns loved the type against Russia. 18:1 loss ratio against the Red Air Force

 

[HorniePonie]

The Buffalo was obsolete against the Japanese but the Finns loved the type against Russia. 18:1 loss ratio against the Red Air Force

You are right. My kid's second name is Ilmari after Ilmari Juutilainen. :-D

 

[SamWell]

Captured finnish pilot captain Teivo Piiranen.His downed Brewster F2A Buffalo can be seen behind

 

[SamWell]

Downed Gloster"Gladiator" Mk.II (GL-257) from 2]LLv 26

 

[Old Dog 90-94]

Niilo Lotvonen(far right), my ancestor, and his brother Erkki in the middle. They served in both the Winter and Continuation wars

 

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Finnish artillery observer in Porajärvi (Porosozero) 7 July 1944

 

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T-28 tank captured in1940.

 

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Swedish volunteers in the Finnish Army using a ROKS-2 flamethrower in the woods near the village of Niinisalo, during Continuation War, on July 1, 1942.

 

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Captured Soviet OT-130 flamethrower tank in a Finnish repair shop, April 1940. In the backround are three T-26s or Vickers six tons, as well as another OT-130

 

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Finnish solder charging past a knocked out Soviet BT tank that was presumably doused in fuel and set alight for the benefit of the camera

 

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Finnish troops examine a Soviet armoured column headed by a pair of T-26 Model 1933 tanks knocked out during the Winter War

 

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Soldiers of the Swedish Volunteer Corps clear out Soviet bunkers on the Hanko Front, August 29, 1941.

 

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Jäger company of Light Detachment 5 (nicknamed "Company of Death") in Summa during the Winter War, 1939.

 

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AA machine gun at a Swedish Voluntary Air Force base in northern Finland during the Winter War, 1940

 

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Air Force pilot Heimo Olavi Lampi and a unit of Brewster B-239 "Buffalo" fighter aircraft. Russia, September 1942

 

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Saami soldier Rájá-Jovnna with a reindeer and his Suomi KP/-31smg during the last year of the Continuation War.

 

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Finnish soldier rides past a knocked out T-26. Continuation war

Finnish officer stands beside a knocked out soviet KV-1

 

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Tupolev SB in Finnish service, 21 October 1943

 

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Finnish soldiers training with an Liekinheitin M/40 flamethrower, Finland 1941

 

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Finnish raiding party moves past a knocked out Soviet T-26 tank near Rautjärvi in September 1942