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Saw one of these bad boys up close at a military museum up in northern FinlandFinnish AT-rifle
What were you doing in northern Finland!?
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Colorized pic of Finnish citizens enter a bomb shelter as sirens start, with Soviet bombers inbound, Helsinki, 30 Nov 1939.
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Military chaplain Jouko Karanko (1909/1984) writes letters for fallen soldiers family members, 1941.
His eye's say it all....
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Bumpy landing for a Fokker D.XXI - 1941
More info on the Fokker D.XXI....
(On my investigation in to the aircraft I found a picture of the Fokker taken at the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum - https://www.nmm.nl/nl/ - which is a very impressive museum indeed)
"The Fokker D.XXI fighter was designed in 1935 by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in response to requirements laid out by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger, ML-KNIL).
The D.XXI was designed as an inexpensive, rugged, and compact fighter aircraft that would possess respectable performance for its era. Entering operational use in the early years of the Second World War, it provided yeoman service for both the Luchtvaartafdeling (Dutch Army Aviation Group) and the Finnish Air Force.
Additionally, a few examples were constructed by the El Carmolà factory before it fell into rebel hands during the Spanish Civil War. Following the invasion and occupation of the Netherlands in May 1940, several captured Dutch D.XXIs were subsequently placed into service with the Luftwaffe."
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(On my investigation in to the aircraft I found a picture of the Fokker taken at the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum - https://www.nmm.nl/nl/ - which is a very impressive museum indeed)
"The Fokker D.XXI fighter was designed in 1935 by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in response to requirements laid out by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger, ML-KNIL).
The D.XXI was designed as an inexpensive, rugged, and compact fighter aircraft that would possess respectable performance for its era. Entering operational use in the early years of the Second World War, it provided yeoman service for both the Luchtvaartafdeling (Dutch Army Aviation Group) and the Finnish Air Force.
Additionally, a few examples were constructed by the El Carmolà factory before it fell into rebel hands during the Spanish Civil War. Following the invasion and occupation of the Netherlands in May 1940, several captured Dutch D.XXIs were subsequently placed into service with the Luftwaffe."
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Serious dudes...
Excellent pic of winter camo on a Finnish Air Force Brewster Buffalo.
Nice.
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Finnish soldiers practice using a slingshot to fling hand grenades.
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Making a report? Finnish officer over Soviet BA-10. Aug 1941.
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Two Finnish soldiers extract a soviet red star after they liberated the area, Jaakkima, 1941.
Wow. They must of slipped that sleeve over the MG to look like a cannon.
I could see how you would be fooled at first glance.
I could see how you would be fooled at first glance.
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Finnish Junkers Ju43, 1942.
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Finnish soldier with German Panzerfaust, 1944.
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This Finnish StuG III was named "Miller" after American actress Anne Miller (1923/2004). A photo of Anne Miller has been pasted just above the driver's view slit. Location and year unknown.
Anne Miller was a famous Hollywood dancer and actor at the time.
(My favorite movie with her in it was "You can't take it with you" (1938) starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur)
(My favorite movie with her in it was "You can't take it with you" (1938) starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur)