FINNISH AIR FORCE

Fighters
1939 - 1945

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FAF aircraft used as fighters during the WW II and their aircraft type codes:

BW BUj, BU CA CUc, CUw -> CU KH-51 FA FR, FRw S, GL HU -> HC LG MT MS -> MSv VH -> IT MY

Brewster B-239 (Model 239) Bristol Bulldog IIA ** and IVA Caudron-Renault C.R. 714 * Curtiss Hawk 75A Curtiss P-40M Warhawk FIAT G.50 "Freccia" Fokker D.XXI Gloster Gladiator I and II Hawker Hurricane I and IIA *** Lavochin LaGG-3 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 / G-6 / G-8 Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406 / M.S. 410 Mörkö-Morane Polikarpov I-153 VL Myrsky II

* No combat or training flights in Finland, was classed as "light fighter".
** Bristol Bulldog Mk. IIA was advanced fighter trainer only.
*** Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIA was used for evaluations only.

The use of fighters is not primarily included on this page and can be seen on page of each fighter squadron.
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Brewster B-239
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Brewster B-239 (Model 239) naval fighters were bought from USA in December 1939. They were originally intended for the US Navy designated as Brewster F2A-1 but when new F2A-2 version was already on the production lines older model was classed "obsolete" and planes were sold to Finland. They were delivered with Wright Cyclone export model engines. Later Brewster versions were much heavier and clumsier, hence they earned the nickname "Buffalo" given by the British. Finnish nicknames were "Pearl of the Sky" [Taivaan helmi] or "Butt-Walther" [Pyllyvaltteri] instead.

From the US BWs arrived in Stavanger, Norway by ship and were transported to Trollhättan, Sweden where they were completed and flown to Finland. Only six planes were in Finland by 13.3.1940 and the last one arrived on 1.5.1940.

Initially planes were plagued with many kinds of technical problems and weaknesses but these were solved in Finland before the summer 1941. Planes were also improved in Finland, for example they received better armour protection, new reflector sights and larger rear wheel. Later in 1943 the mediocre performance of BW was boosted dismantling armour protection because Soviet planes already had MGs and guns which could penetrate armour anyway.

During the early months of Continuation War BW was rated the best of all Finnish fighters because of its great agility and ruggedness. In 1941 Finnish BWs became legendary fighters shooting down 135 Soviet aircraft while losing self only two - both without enemy influence! By 1943 Brewster had although become obsolete and could not match the best Soviet fighters anymore.

BWs were used in Finland until 1948 and all of them have been scrabbed. Fortunately a restored prototype of the Finnish VL HUMU [literally "Rumble", also "Madcap"] fighter prototype which was supposed to be an improved Finnish-made BW copy and had the original American fuselage is on display in Central Finland Aviation Museum at Tikkakoski (Luonetjärvi) north from Jyväskylä. It looks much alike B-239 but has Finnish-made wooden wings, Soviet Shvetsov M-63 engine (Wright Cyclone copy) and only three HMGs in front fuselage above engine.

A few years ago former Finnish BW-372 was lifted from the lake in Russia. In photos plane seemed very complete and well spared because it had sunk slowly into the shallow water through ice on where Lt. L. Pekuri had first forced-landed. The destiny of this plane, which should be in Finland, is so far unclear.
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Producer Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, USA
Country of origin: USA

Engine Wright R-1820-G5 Cyclone / 950 hp, 9 cylinder air-cooled radial engine
(BW-363, 365, 371, 374, 379 and 392 were later powered by Soviet Shvetsov M-63 engine)
Propeller: metallic Hamilton Standard variable pitch (adjustable) propeller
(BW-363 and 365 had two-bladed wooden propeller since 1943)

Equipment
Radio: RCA
Camera (on BW-367 only): Fairchild-F-24
Sight: Bead and ring sight, (1940-) Aldis telescopic sight,
(by 6.1941) Väisälä thm 40 (Revi 3c/Väisälä) reflector sight (Fin)

Armament
- original: 1 - 7.62 mm Browning MG + 3 - 12.7 mm Browning HMG (one HMG in each wing)
- since 1943: 4 - 12.7 mm Browning HMG (two in fuselage and one in each wing)
- BW-371: 2 - 12.7 mm Browning HMG (in fuselage only)

Codes BW-351...394
Total number: 44 pcs

Named aircraft
BW-367 TRE BRÖDER [three brothers] financed by three Swedish Klingspor brothers
BW-378 OTTO WREDE financed by Swedish Baron and Mrs. Hamilton

Remarks
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Sources: KESTE1, RAUJU2, SAAAH2, HAAAT2
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Bristol Bulldog IIA and IVA

17 BU IVAs were bought from Great Britain in 1934. At the beginning of Winter War Flying Squadron 26 (LLv.26) had ten BUs in working order and since 6.12.1939 Detachment Heinilä fought with about five to seven planes. By 2.2.1940 they all were handed over to Supplement Flying Regiment 2 (T-LentoR 2) and used as (advanced) fighter trainers until 1944. Two obsolete BU IIAs were donated from Sweden on 15.12.1939 and were used only as trainer fighters.

The stored BU-59 is under restoration.
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Producer Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, United Kingdom
Country of origin:
- Mk. IIA: United Kingdom / Sweden
- Mk. IVA: United Kingdom

Engine
- Mk. IIA: Bristol Jupiter VI.F / 560 hp, 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
- Mk. IVA: Bristol Mercury VI.S-2 / 640 hp, 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
Propeller: wooden unknown type two-bladed propeller

Equipment
Radio: no radio
Gunsight: Aldis telescopic sight
Bomb rack: RM 25/4 for four 25 kg bombs (offset on left wing side)

Armament (in fuselage) 2 - 7.7 mm Vickers Mk. I MG

Codes
- Mk. IIA: BUj-214, 216 (Total number: 2 pcs)
- Mk. IVA: BU-59...75 (Total number: 17 pcs)

Remarks
BU-60 was destroyed before the war in 1938.

Sources: KESTE12, RAUJU2, HAAAT2
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Caudron-Renault C.R. 714

France promised to donate a total of 80 Caudron-Renault C.R. 714 light fighters during Winter War but only six planes arrived in Finland between 24. and 28.5.1940. Already the initial evaluation flights revealed the difficult and dangerous take-off and landing characters of the plane. All CAs were grounded permanently and they were not used during the war. One survived plane is stored for future restoring.

Source: KESTE4
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Curtiss Hawk 75A
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Curtiss Hawk 75A-1, -2, -3 and -4 were export versions of Curtiss P-36. In 1939 and 1940 France ordered several hundred aircraft of these four versions which all were equipped to meet French standards having for example metric gauges. Additionally they had been re-equipped in Germany. Finnish planes were both brand new or second-hand.

A-6 was an export variant for Norway. Although otherwise similar to A-2 it was armed like A-1 but with Colt MGs. These planes were captured intact by Germans in 1940.

All CUs were bought from Germany. The first batch of 16 CU fighters (CUc-501...507 and CUw-551...559) arrived from Germany between 23.6 and 30.6.1941. Second batch of 11 aircraft (CUw-560...570) arrived between 28.7. and 2.8.1941. On 5.12.1941 two more (CU-571 and -572) were received. 15 planes were bought in spring 1943: the first four arrived on 13.6., five on 4.7., two on 11.11., one on 18.11.1943 and the last three ones on 4.1. and 5.1.1944 (CU-573...587).

Plane was very pleasant to fly and highly manoeuverable in the hands of a well-trained pilot. Wright Cyclone engines although suffered from constant bearing failures and after 6.10.1941 they all were decided to replace by inferior but more reliable Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp engines. Thus the CUw and CUc signs were replaced by abbreviation CU in December 1941.

Planes were used until 1948 and all have been scrabbed after the war.
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Producer The Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Buffalo, USA
Country of Origin:
- A-1,-2,-3,-4: USA / France / Germany
- A-6: USA / Norway / Germany

Engine
- CUw, later CU: Pratt & Whitney R-1830-SC-G or R-1830-SC3-G Twin Wasp / 1.065 hp,
14-cylinder air-cooled twin radial engine
- CUc: Wright GR-1820-G205A Cyclone / 1.200 hp, 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
(Cyclones were replaced after 6.10.1941 with Twin Wasps.)
Propeller: metallic Curtiss Electric constant speed propeller

Equipment
Radio: RI 537 (Fra) or FuG 7A (Ger)
Gunsight: Revi 3D or C/12D reflector sight (Ger)
Bomb racks in wings: RM 25/5 for 10x 12.5 kgs or 6x 25 kgs bombs

Armament
- original A-1: (fuselage) 2 - 7.5 mm FN-Browning MG + (wings) 2 - 7.5 mm FN-Browning MG
- original A-2,-3,-4: (fuselage) 2 - 7.5 mm FN-Browning MG + (wings) 4 - 7.5 mm FN-Browning MG
- original A-6: (fuselage) 2 - 7.9 mm Colt MG + (wings) 2 - 7.9 mm Colt MG
- updated since end 1942: (fuselage) 1 or 2 - 12.7 mm Colt HMG + (wings) 4 - 7.7 mm Browning MG
In place of Colt HMGs also 12.7 mm Berezina UB and Finnish VKT LKk/42 HMGs were used.

Codes
- A-1 (CUw): CU-566, 568, 573, 577, 578, 587 (Total number: 6 pcs)
- A-2 (CUw): CU-551, 556, 574, 575, 579...581, 584, 585 (Total number: 9 pcs)
- A-3 (CUw): CU-552, 562, 563, 571, 572, 576, 582, 583, 586 (Total number: 9 pcs)
- A-4 (CUc): CU-501...507 (Total number: 7 pcs)
- A-6 (CUw): CU-553...555, 557...561, 564, 565, 567, 569, 570 (Total number: 13 pcs)
Total number: 44 pcs

Remarks
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Sources: KESTE5, RAUJU2
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Curtiss P-40M-10-CU Warhawk

One P-40M aircraft was captured on 27.12.1943 in Karelian Isthmus after its pilot had landed on ice of a lake. Plane was used for evaluation only. Faulty plane code (KH-51) was given without authority in Mechanics School meaning "Kittyhawk" because the type was called in that way in Finland. Plane belonged to the last production batch of "Warhawks".

(SIL magazine tells that the plane was flown by Sub-Lt. Vitaliy Ryevin who - according to a report of Finnish liaison officer in Luftflotte 1 - had probably landed on Finnish side on purpose i.e. he would have been a German spy.)

Source: KESTE5, SIL 1/2004
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FIAT G.50 "Freccia"
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25 FIAT G.50 fighters were bought from Italy on 23.10.1939. When Winter War broke a week later ten more were ordered. The first two were transported by rail to Sweden through Germany. These planes arrived in Finland on 18.12.1939 and 2.1.1940 but others were delayed because Germany forbade further transports and returned planes back to Italy.

The rest of the FA fighters were then shipped to Sweden and flown to Finland after completing. The first one arrived on 11.2.1940 after two had been lost a few days earlier in accidents in Sweden and enroute to Finland. A total of 13 planes arrived during February in small batches and 17 during March. The last one was in Finland as late as on 19.6.1940.

Seven FAs coded FA-3...6, -16, -19 and -32 had originally closed cabin but they were soon converted to usual open ones. Generally FIAT fighters were easy to fly but a nightmare to maintain. Due to numerous initial technical problems most planes were mostly grounded during Winter War. In Continution War the most serious problem was the lack of spare engines reducing the amount of working planes occasionally only to a few.

In the early summer 1944 FAs were handed over to a fighter training squadron. All have been scrabbed after the war.
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Producer FIAT-Aeritalia, Torino and C.M.A.S.A., Marina di Pisa, Italy
Country of origin: Italy

Engine FIAT A.74 R.C.38 / 840 hp, 14-cylinder air-cooled twin radial engine
Propeller: metallic FIAT-Hamilton constant-speed propeller

Equipment
Radio: SAFAR, in some planes AM TR9B (UK)
Gunsight: San Giorgio reflector sight

Armament 2 - 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT HMG (in fuselage), 300 rounds / MG

Codes FA-1...35
Total number: 35 pcs

Remarks
The first two planes were initially mistakenly coded as SA-1 and SA-2. Only these two FAs were
equipped with skiis during the Winter War.
FA-7 was destroyed on 8.2.1940 after a pilot got lost during a transit flight from Sweden.

Sources: KESTE8, RAUJU2, HAAAT2, SAAAH2
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Fokker D.XXI
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FAF ordered seven Forkker D.XXI fighters from Holland in 1936. Plane was originally designed for Dutch East Indian Air Force and was therefore very sturdy, easy to maintain and reliable. It was equipped with streamlined fixed undercarriage or skiis which actually didn't effect to the top speed radically due to their more reduced weight.

Five more FR batches were produced in Finland under licence. Because of the lack of Bristol Mercury engines (Mercury VII and VIII were actually the same basic engine with different gear ratio) needed also for Bristol Blenheim bombers during the war the last two batches were powered with inferior Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp Junior engines and coded as FRw although in planes the code was still FR. After summer 1941 planes were mainly used in the roles of the short-range reconnaissance and trainer fighter.

Planes were used until 1948. One completely destroyed FR with skiis was restored/re-built by 1989 and is now on display at Central Finland Aviation Museum at Tikkakoski (Luonetjärvi) north from Jyväskylä. This plane is the only "original" FR in the world.
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Producer N.V. Nederlandsche Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker, Amsterdam, Holland and
Valtion lentokonetehdas (VL, State Aircraft Factory), Tampere and Kuorevesi, Finland
Country of origin:
Series I: Holland
Series II...V: Finland

Engine
- FR: Bristol (UK), Tampella (Fin) or PZL (Pol) Mercury VII / 840 hp, 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine,
- FRw: Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior SB4-C or G / 825 hp,
14-cylinder air-cooled twin radial engine
Propeller:
- FR: metallic Ratier adjustable propeller
- FRw (combat version): metallic Hamilton Standard adjustable propeller
- FRw (training version): wooden VL propeller

Equipment
Radio: P-12-17/1 (sender-receiver), P-12-17/2 (receiver) (Fin), AM TR9D (UK),
(FRw:) Telefunken FuG 7A (Ger)
Gunsight: optical Goertz telescopic sight (FR only) and later Revi 3C or D reflector sight
Camera: (FR-92 only) Fairchild F-24

Armament
- fuselage (FR only): 2 - 7.7 mm Vickers MG
- wings: (FR) 2 - 7.7 mm Vickers MG or (FRw) 4 - 7.7 mm Browning MG
- wings: (FR-76 only during Winter War) 2 - 20 mm Oerlikon gun

Codes (when relieved from factory):
- Series I (4.11. - 13.11.1937): FR-76...82 (Total number: 7 pcs)
- Series II (11.11.1938 - 18.3.1939): FR-83...96 (Total number: 14 pcs)
- Series III (16.3. - 27.7.1939): FR-97...117 (Total number: 21 pcs)
- Series IV (by the beginning of Continuation War): FRw-118...167 (Total number: 50 pcs)
- Series V (summer 1944): FRw-171...175 (Total number: 5 pcs)
Total number: 42 (FR) + 55 (FRw) = 97 pcs

Remarks
FR-79 and FR-88 were destroyed in 1939 before Winter War.
FR-117 was equipped with retractable undercarriage on in spring 1941 for evaluations. Plane crashed on
19.6.1941 after which it was repaired with usual fixed undercarriage. Also FRw-167 flown since 3.3.1942
had retractable landing gear and revised location of outer wing MGs. Due to much increased weight and
after two accidents plane was equipped with fixed undercarriage in the summer 1944.
Starting since August 1941 all repaired Fokkers were equipped with wing slots.

Sources: KESTE3(A/B), RAUJU2, HAAAT2
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Gloster Gladiator I and II

On 12.12.1939 Great Britain donated ten Gloster Gladiator II fighters to Finland and additional 20 were also bought. Planes were completed in Sweden and they arrived in Finland between 18.1. and 16.2.1940. At first GLs were used as fighters and they managed quite well but soon after heavy losses it was noticed that unarmoured and slow planes were too vulnerable in dogfight. At the beginning of March 1940 planes were handed over to reconnnaissance squadrons which urgently needed faster planes. During Continuation War they were still used as short-range reconnaissance planes. They were used until 1945. All planes were scrabbed after the war.

12 Gloster Gladiator I fighters (Swedish designation J8) were used by the Swedish volunteer unit F19 starting from 10.1.1940. Unit returned back to Sweden after Winter War with its planes.
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Producer Gloucestershire Aircraft Company, United Kingdom
Country of origin:
- Mk. I: United Kingdom / Sweden
- Mk. II: United Kingdom

Engine
- Mk. I: Bristol Mercury IX / 820 hp, 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
- Mk. II: Bristol Mercury VIIIA / 840 hp, 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
Propeller:
- Mk. I: wooden? unknown type two blade propeller
- Mk. II: metallic Fairey Reed three blade propeller

Equipment
Radio: AM TR9D
Gunsight: Barr & Stroud II reflector sight

Armament
- Mk. I: 2 - 7.7 mm Browning MG (in fuselage)
- Mk. II:
fuselage: 2 - 7.7 mm Browning II MG (aimed at 200 m), 600 rounds / MG
lower wings: 2 - 7.7 mm Browning II MG (aimed at 150 m), 400 rounds / MG

Codes
- Mk. I: S-51/A, 52/B, 53/C, 54/D, 55/E, 56/F, 57/G, 58/H, 59/I, 60/J, 61/K, 62/L (Total number: 12 pcs)
- Mk. II: GL-251...280 (Total number: 30 pcs)

Remarks
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Sources: KESTE12, RAUJU2, HAAAT2
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Hawker Hurricane I and IIA

12 Hawker Hurricane I fighters were bought from Great Britain in January 1940. Planes arrived in Finland between 7. and 10.3.1940. Although very fast HCs were considered clumsy and vulnerable fighters in Finland and the lack of spare parts and new engines plagued them through the war restricting their efficient use.

In February 1942 a more advanced Soviet Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIA was captured after forced landing near Uhtua. It was repaired mainly for evalutions using the wings of Mk. IIB.

HC-452 (HC I) has been on display in Central Finland Aviation Museum at Tikkakoski (Luonetjärvi) in its original war-paint but without engine which was later got from UK. In 1990 plane was stored for a future restoration but it has been on display recently.
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Producer Hawker Aircraft Company, United Kingdom
Country of origin:
- Mk. I: United Kingdom
- Mk. IIA: United Kingdom / Soviet Union

Engine
- Mk. I: Rolls-Royce Merlin III / 1.030 hp, 12-cylinder liquid-cooled inline V engine
- Mk. IIA: Rolls-Royce Merlin XX / 1.260 hp, 12-cylinder liquid-cooled inline V engine
Propeller: metallic De Havilland 5000 variable pitch (adjustable) propeller

Equipment
Radio: AM TR9D
Gunsight: Barr & Stroud 7A reflector sight

Armament
- Mk. I: (in wings) 8 - 7.7 mm Browning MG, 300 rounds / MG (aimed at 250 m)
- Mk. IIA: (in wings) 12 - 7.7 mm Browning II MG, 300 rounds / MG (aimed at 250 m)

Code
- Mk. I: HU/HC-451...462 (Total number: 12 pcs)
- Mk. IIA: HC-465 (Total number: 1 piece)

Remarks
HU461 and HU462 (HU code was originally without dash between letters and numerals) were damaged during the flight from UK on 28.2.1940 and never entered Finland. Original code HU was changed to HC- in May 1940.

Sources: KESTE12, RAUJU2, HAAAT2
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Lavochin LaGG-3

During 1942 - 1943 three forced landed Soviet Lavochin(-Gorbunov-Gudkov) LaGG-3 fighters captured in 1942 were repaired in Finland. Planes were used since March 1943 until 1944. On 16.2.1944 WO E. Koskinen (HLe.Lv.32) shot down a Soviet LaGG-3 while flying LG-1.

None of this type has survived in Finland.
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Producer ?, Soviet Union
Country of origin: Soviet Union

Engine Klimov M-105PF / 1.260 hp, 12 cylinder liquid-cooled inline V engine
Propeller: metallic Wisch 61P constant-speed propeller

Equipment
Radio: RSI-3-4
Gunsight: PBP-1A reflector sight

Armament (since 20.4.1943):
- in fuselage: 1 - 12.7 mm Berezina UB HMG
- through spinner: 1 - 20 mm ShVAK cannon

Codes LG-1...3
Total number: 3 pcs

Remarks
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Sources: KESTE7, HAAAT2
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Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 / G-6 / G-8

On 1.2.1943 FAF bought 30 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 fighters from Germany. 16 planes (MT-201...216) were brand new while the next 14 (MT-217...230) were overhauled or repaired second-hand machines. To replace losses Germans promised additionally to sell more second-hand aircraft which were delivered by German Feldluftpark at Pori, Western Finland.

Finnish pilots flew 16 new MTs from Wiener-Neustadt to Helsinki (Malmi) between 10.3. - 13.3.1943. The second batch of 13 planes arrived on 16.5.1943. Second-hand but fully overhauled replacement G-2s were delivered as follows:
- three (MT-231...233) on 9.8.1943
- one (MT-234) on 2.9.1943
- one (MT-235) on 11.11.1943
- three (MT-237...239) on 5.1.1944
- one (MT-226) on 21.2.1944
- five (MT-240...244) on 6.3.1944
- two (MT-245...246) on 21.3.1944
- one (MT-247) on 27.4.1944
- one (MT-248) on 1.6.1944

On 15.3.1944 FAF bought 30 new Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 fighters from Germany. 15 planes (MT-401...415) were flown from Anklam and they arrived in Finland between 16. and 18.3.1944 flown by Finnish pilots. 10 planes (MT-416...425) arrived on 8.4.1944 and the last 5 (MT-226...430) on 1.5.1944.

New Finnish fighter delivery program for the period of 1.4.1944 - 1.7.1945 consisted of seven full fighter squadrons of 30 MTs each and replacement aircraft for the destroyed ones. Plan was in principle accepted by the Germans at the beginnning of June 1944. After the Soviet main attack in Karelian Isthmus had begun on 9.6.1944 Germany promised to sell more weapons and aircraft to Finland. Among the delivered MTs there were a total of three G-8 photo reconnaissance fighter versions converted from G-6 but only two of them arrived in Finland. These were used like G-6 fighters during the war because their promised cameras were not delivered. During 18.6. - 19.6.1944 the first batch of 14 G-6s (MT-431...444) arrived from Insterburg and during June a total of 27 G-6(/-8)s (MT-445...471) more. In July 1944 deliveries continued from Insterburg with 17 planes (MT-472...490). The last 24 MTs (MT-490..513) were flown from Anklam by 30.8.1944.

Although delivered in bigger quantities than any other aircraft type flown by FAF the need for fighters in the summer 1944 was so severe that most units were constantly under-equipped and had to continue using older inferior types. The bunch given to Soviets by FAF would although have been much smaller without MTs which were anyway at least as capable as any of the best Soviet fighters in 1944. These late war machines were produced to fly only a very limited amount of hours and were thus technically more unreliable and needed good care to work well.

Today two Finnish G-6s are on display in Finland. MT-452 which was recently restored and re-painted is in a large vitrine next to Utti military airbase and garrison in South-Eastern Finland and is really worth seeing. MT-507 which is probably in full working order is in Central Finland Aviation Museum at Tikkakoski (Luonetjärvi) north from Jyväskylä. This museum is maintained by FAF. The remnants of the destroyed G-2 MT-? rescued from the sea in the late 1990's is now on display in Finnish Aviation Museum at Vantaa close to Helsinki International Airport.
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Producer Messerschmitt G.m.b.H., Augsburg (etc.), Germany
Country of origin: Ger

Engine Mercedes-Benz DB 605A-1 / 1.475 hp, reversed 12-cylinder liquid-cooled inline V engine or
Mercedes-Benz DB 605AS-0 (lower tuned pre-series engine: DB-605 with larger DB-603 supercharger) /
? hp, reversed 12-cylinder liquid-cooled inline V engine (G-6/AS only)
Propeller: metallic VDM-9 constant speed propeller

Equipment
Radio:
- G-2: Telefunken FuG 7A
- G-6/-8: Telefunken FuG 16Z or later Telefunken FuG 16ZY (antennae under left wing)
Gunsight:
- G-2: Revi C/12D reflector sight
- G-6/-8: Revi 16B reflector sight
Bomb racks:
- G-2/R1 only: ETC 500 IX racks for 250 kg bomb (not used in Finland and removed from planes)
- G-6/-8: rack for 295 liter Ju 87/NFK fuel tank (removed from most planes)

Armament in fuselage:
- G-2: 2 - 7.92 mm Rheinmetall-Borsig MG 17 + 1 - 20 mm Mauser MG 151/20 cannon
- G-6/-8: 2 - 13 mm Rheinmetall-Borsig MG 131 + 1 (or 3 in G-6/R6) - 20 mm Mauser MG 151/20 cannon

Codes
- G-2: MT-201...248 (Total number: 48 pcs)
- G-6: MT-401...461, 463...473, 475...482, 484...514 (Total number: 108 pcs)
- G-8: MT- 462, 474, 483 (Total number: 3 pcs)
Total number: 157 pcs (if planes with the same registration codes are counted 164 pcs)

Remarks
Tropical air intake filters were assembled to most MTs in Finland while there were no paved airstrips.

Special characters in individual planes:
- G-2/R1 (with ETC 500 bomb rack for a 250 kg bomb): MT-217, 227 and 230
- originally G-2/R1 Trop: MT-220 and 221
- originally G-2 Trop: MT-219...221, 224 and 225 *
- originally G-1 converted to G-2: MT-241
- G-6s with "Galland hood" and pilot's head armour made of glass: MT-401...430, 436, 437, 448, 453, 482
- G-6s with newer "Erla hood": MT-431...435, 438...447, 449...452, 454...481 and 484...513
- FuG 16ZY radio with "Morane antennae": MT-486...490, 492...497, 499...510, 512 and 513
- G-6/R6 planes with MG 151/20 wing cannons (were taken away from most planes during the war): MT-436, 445, 448, 450...453, 461, 465...468, 477 and 179
- G-6/AS versions with DB 605AS-0 pre-series engines: MT-463 and 471
- tall tail wheel: MT-502 and 506...509
- originally tall wooden tail (metallic tail was changed to most planes later): MT-403...405, 409, 414, 415, 417...435, 438...444, 446, 447, 449, 454...460, 463, 464, 469...472, 475, 476, 478, 480, 481, 485, 491, 499 and 504

* According to KESTE6 MT-225 would have been G2/R1 Trop.

Of the original Finnish G-2s MT-226 (with German markings at that stage) was damaged due to technical problems at the beginning of the flight and never arrived in Finland. G-6 MT-479 was returned back to Germans because it was equipped with GM-1 or MW 50 injection not used in Finland. These planes were replaced by new planes with the same code. Additionally three G-6s of the first batch had been left to Germany due to technical failures and damages but had not yet been coded in Finland. These were replaced by new MTs.

G-6 MT-473 suffered from 50% damage at Insterburg and MT-514 (coded later) was damaged at Pernau [Pärnu]. Also G-8 MT-474 was damaged at Riga before arrival to Finland. These planes never arrived in Finland and were not replaced by the new ones.

Sources: KESTE6(A/B), VALHA8, RAUJU2, HAAAT2
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Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406 / M.S. 410
and Mörkö-Morane
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France donated 50 planes during Winter War but only 30 new Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406 fighters (MS-301...330) arrived from France during February 1940: the first two planes on 4.2. and the last ones on 29.2.1940.

Further planes were bought from Germany and Vichy France in several batches. There were also differently armed M.S. 410 versions. The first ten (MS-601...610) arrived between 18.12.1940 and 4.1.1941, another ten during the summer 1941 (MS-611...620) and five more by the end of November 1941 (MS-621...625). In July 1942 30 second-hand aircraft (MS-626...655) were bought from Germany. Planes arrived in Finland in three batches between 27.7. and 9.9.1942. The last two aircraft (MS-656, 657) arrived on 5.10.1942. MS was the second numerous Finnish fighter used during the Continuation War.

Mörkö-Morane [Ghost Morane] conversion was designed in Finland between 1942 and 1944. It was a much improved modified M.S. 406 with more powerful Soviet Klimov engine (Hispano-Suiza copy) and German 20 mm Mauser gun. Its maiden flight was on 4.2.1943 and its greatly improved performance was noticed at once.

Only three MSv aircraft were combat-ready until the end of the Continuation War in September 1944. Several planes were completed during the early phases of Lapland War and by 1946 all the remaining 41 planes had been converted. Planes retained their original serial register numbers. They were used since 1948.

All have been scrabbed after the war.
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Producer
- M.S. 406/410: Aeroplanes Morane-Saulnier, Puteaux, S.N.C.A.O. Bouguenais,
S.N.C.A.M. Toulouse or S.N.C.A.C. Billancourt, France
- Mörkö-Morane conversion: Valtion lentokonetehdas (VL, State Aircraft Factory), Tampere, Finland
Country of origin:
- M.S. 406/410: France (30 pcs), France and Germany (57 pcs)
- Mörkö-Morane conversion: Finland / France / Soviet Union / Germany (41 pcs)

Engine
- M.S. 406/410: Hispano-Suiza 12Y31 / 860 hp, 12 cylinder liquid-cooled inline V engine
- Mörkö-Morane: Klimov M-105P / 1.100 hp (SU), 12 cylinder liquid-cooled inline V engine
Propeller:
- M.S. 406/410: metallic Chauviere 351 variable pitch (adjustable) propeller or
Hispano-Suiza 10B, Hamilton Standard, Ratier 1607 or Esher-Wyss V52 constant speed
propeller
- Mörkö-Morane: Wisch-61P

Equipment
Radio: RI 537 or later on a few planes FuG 7A (Ger)
Gunsight: OPL 1931 telescopic sight, later improved Baille-Lemaire GH-38 reflector sight
Bomb racks: RMS bomb racks in wings for two 12,5 or 25 kg bombs

Armament
- M.S. 406:
-- original: 3 - 7.5 mm Chatellerault MAC 1934 MG (one MG in each wing and one through spinner)
-- since summer 1941: 2 - 7.5 mm Chatellerault MAC 1934 MG + 1 - 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS 204 cannon
-- since autumn 1942: 2 - 7.5 mm Chatellerault MAC 1934 MG + 1 - 12.7 mm Berezina UB HMG
(12.7 mm Colt and VKT LKk/42 HMGs were also used instead)
- M.S. 410: 5 - 7.5 mm Chatellerault MAC 1934 or 7.7 mm Browning MG (2 in wings, one through spinner)
- Mörkö-Morane: 2 - 7.5 mm Chatellerault MAC 1934 MG + 1 - 20 mm Mauser MG 151 cannon

Codes
- M.S. 406: MS-301...330, 601...605, 608...611, 613, 619, 620, 622, 623, 625...657 (total number 76 pcs)
- M.S. 410: MS-606, 607, 612, 614...618, 621, 624, 310 (Total number: 11 pcs)
- Mörkö-Morane: MSv-302, 310, 313, 315, 316, 318, 319, 321, 326, 328, 602, 604, 605, 613,
615...617, 619, 622...626, 629...633, 636, 639...642, 646, 649...653, 656, 657 (Total number: 41 pcs)
Total number: 87 pcs

Remarks
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Sources: KESTE4, RAUJU2, HAAAT2
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Polikarpov I-153

During Winter War a total of eight Polikarpov I-153 fighters (VH-101 re-coded in June 1941 as VH-/IT-11, VH-/IT-12...18) were captured and later repaired for FAF. The next three were captured in the summer 1941 (VH-/IT-19...21) and eleven planes [IT-22...31] were bought from Germany in November 1942. Eight planes arrived in December 1942 and three later on 8.1.1943 (IT-25), on 13.4.1943 (IT-24) and on 20.9.1943 (IT-31) due to slight damages and technical problems.

During Continuation War ITs served initially in 3rd (Fighter) Flight / Flying Squadron 6 (3./Le.Lv.6). On 16.11.1942 flight was attached to Flying Squadron 30 (Le.Lv.30) as its 2nd Flight until squadron was re-equipped with MTs by 20.3.1944. ITs were now handed over to 1st Flight / Reconnaissance Squadron 16 (1./TLe.Lv.16) between 25.6. - 27.6.1944. On 3.9.1944 flight was attached to Fighter Squadron 26 (HLe.Lv.26).
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Producer: ?, Soviet Union
Country of origin: Soviet Union / Finland and Soviet Union / Germany / Finland

Engine Shvetsov M-62 (Wright Cyclone copy) / 850 hp, 9 cylinder air-cooled radial engine
Propeller: metallic 2-blade AV-1D adjustable propeller

Equipment
Radio: (no radio)
Gunsight: BBC.AAK-1 reflector sight
Bomb racks: 2 - RM 50/2, 2 - RM 25/2

Armament (in fuselage)
- original: 4 - 7.62 mm ShKAS MG
- since 8.4.1941: 4 - 7.7 mm Browning m.39 MG

Codes VH-/IT-11...31
Total number: 21 pcs

Remarks
On 4.6.1942 aircraft type code VH [= "enemy fighter"] was changed to IT.

Sources: KESTE7, HAAAT2
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VL Myrsky II

VL Myrsky [Storm] was a Finnish-designed and built fighter. Prototype MY-1 was first flown on 23.12.1941 but it had serious faults and was heavily modified in four phases during 1942.

Pre-production planes (series I) were completed (and destroyed) as follows:
- MY-2 on 30.4.1943 (destroyed already on 6.5.1943, Capt. P.-E. Sovelius was seriously injured)
- MY-3 on 11.7.1943 (destroyed on 19.11.1943, WO A. Siltavuori was killed) and
- MY-4 (prototype for series II) on 5.6.1943 (destroyed during evaluations in HLe.Lv.26 (Fighter Squadron 26) on 15.3.1944, Lt. J. Marttila was killed)

The first series II serial aircraft was completed in December 1943. Compared to its underpowered engine MY was actually a rather agile and fast plane - faster than MSv (Mörkö-Morane) conversion and as fast as LaGG-3; only Messerschmitt Bf 109G was faster aircraft in Finland. MY was also far better to fly than most planes used by FAF so they were given to recon squadrons Reconnaissance Squadron 12 and 16 (TLe.Lv.12 and 16) which needed faster planes. Only 15 MYs were completed before the end of the Continuation War. They flew only 66 sorties without own losses before the war ended. More planes partisipated in Lapland War.

The lack of steep diving ability had destroyed several planes because nasty flutter effect (vibration) tore particles from the tail away. Structural weaknesses, surface coatings made mainly of plywood, inferior glues and other weak war-time materials used led to the early retirement of MY fighters after the war in 1948 when it was obvious that planes could not stand moisture any longer.

All produced planes have been scrabbed.
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Producer Valtion lentokonetehdas (VL, State Aircraft Factory), Tampere, Finland
Country of origin: Fin (components: SU and Ger)

Engine Pratt & Whitney R-1830-SC3-G Twin Wasp / 1.065 hp, 14-cylinder air-cooled twin radial engine
Propeller: wooden VLS 8002 constant speed propeller,
in MY-1 and MY-2 metallic Hamilton Standard constant speed propeller

Equipment
Radio: Telefunken FuG 7A (Ger)
Gunsight: Väisälä T.h.m./44.kk reflector sight (Fin)
Bomb racks in both wings: RMS 100-V (also for 150 liter fuel tanks)

Armament
- MY-1: originally 2 and later 4 - 7,7 mm MGs in wings, 2 - 12.7 mm HMGs in fuselage
- MY-2,-3: 3 - 12.7 mm HMG in fuselage
- MY-4...51: 4 - 12.7 mm LKk/42 HMG in fuselage

Codes
- prototype: MY-1 (not used in combat, scrabbed during the war)
- (pre-production) series I: MY-2...4 (Total number: 3 pcs) (not used in combat)
- series II: MY-5...51 (Total number: 47 pcs)
Total number: 51 pcs (including prototype)

Remarks
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Sources: KESTE14, RAUJU1, ANTOS3, HAAAT2
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