Kari Stenman, Kalevi Keskinnen

Finnish Aces of World War 2 (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Wyllie, Iain; Styling, Mark; Chappell, Mike

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Always outnumbered by their Soviet counterparts, the small band of Finnish fighter pilots who defended their Scandinavian homeland from the 'communist hordes' in three separate wars between 1939 and 1945 amassed scores only bettered by the Luftwaffe's Jagdflieger. Initially equipped with a motley collection of biplane and monoplane fighters garnered from sources across the globe, the Finnish Air Force was thrust into combat in November 1939. Given little chance against the massive Soviet force, the Finnish fighter pilots confounded the sceptics and decimated the attacking fighter and bomber formations, prompting the Russians to call a halt in March 1940. This scenario was repeated in 1941, and by 1943 the Finns had become uneasy allies with the Germans. Complete with first-hand accounts and detailed colour illustrations, this book profiles aces like Juutilainen and Wind, who proved unbeatable in the final months of conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782005759
• Artikelnr.: 44861863

Autorenporträt

Born in 1945, Kari Stenman studied economics and was an import-export specialist until Finland's EU accession in 1995, when he turned his hobby of aviation history into a profession, founding a company to publish his research. He retired in 2009 but has continued to research and write about the Finnish air force. In over 50 years in this field, he has written more than 100 titles.