VL Myrsky, Finnish WW2 Fighter

[pru426]

https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/VL_Myrsky

 

restoration:   Myrsky II (MY-14)

https://www.vlmyrsky.fi/blogi.html

 

ww2 history:

https://www.vlmyrsky.fi/historia

 

pekka

 

[Highland_laddie]

Hi,

I hope you don't mind, but here is a link to the English version of the Wikipedia page on this aircraft.  Thanks for posting I wasn't aware of this aircraft at all.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VL_Myrsky

 

[Enigma]

Looks a lot like the Dutch Fokker D21 which were delivered to Finland before the war.

[pru426]

hi

if you are interested in British war history in Lappland
 please read this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Kirkenes_and_Petsamo

my friend said his relative  met 1941 in autumn ? two British pilots who were shot down  in that attack
he met them at the German ? military hospital in Tornio but didn´t remember their names
maybe someone is interested about that and knows who they were

pekka

...and about the Fokker D XXI in Finland
The highest scoring airframe was FR-110, achieving 10 victories; this aircraft survived the war and is on display at the Central Finland Aviation Museum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.XXI
 

[john1950]

That is very interesting I wonder who they were.

[Highland_laddie]

Hi Pekka,

I have been interested in both the winter war and the continuation war, unfortunately the books I have read have focussed mainly on the ground war.  After your posting I did a bit of searching but couldn't find many books either on Finnish Aircraft of the period or on personnel.  However I have found a copy of a book about Finland's leading Ace - Enio Luukkanen (Fighter over Finland - Memoirs of a fighter pilot) which should be on its way :-)

 

So thanks again for the nudge about this area of history

[pru426]

hi 

maybe this helps to dig out something
here they are !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_aces_from_Finland

pekka

[Enigma]

Wow, those Finnish pilots sure shot down a lot of enemy's.