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Lentolaivue 24 1st Edition

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Lentolaivue 24 1st Edition

Author(s)

Kari Stenman, Kalevi Keskinnen

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781782006688, 9781841762623

Publisher

Osprey Publishing

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Illustrated throughout with photographs and detailed aircraft profiles, this book tells the story of the Finnish air force’s most successful fighter unit. Finland’s premier fighter squadron during World War 2, Lentolaivue 24 (Flying Squadron 24) first saw action during the bloody Winter War of 1939-40, when the Soviet Red Army launched a surprise attack on the small Scandinavian country – the squadron enjoyed great success against numerically superior opposition. LLv 24 was once again in the thick of the action following the outbreak of the Continuation War in June 1941. As this detailed volume shows, LLv 24 claimed 877 kills, and its pilots won five direct and two indirect Mannerheim Crosses (Finland’s highest military award) out of a total of 19 presented to all Finnish soldiers. Most top aces also scored the bulk of their kills flying with this unit.

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Lentolaivue 24 1st Edition

SKU: 9781782007302

Original price was: $21.60.Current price is: $5.40.

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Additional information

Full Title

Lentolaivue 24 1st Edition

Author(s)

Kari Stenman, Kalevi Keskinnen

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781782007302, 9781841762623

Publisher

Osprey Publishing

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Illustrated throughout with photographs and detailed aircraft profiles, this book tells the story of the Finnish air force’s most successful fighter unit. Finland’s premier fighter squadron during World War 2, Lentolaivue 24 (Flying Squadron 24) first saw action during the bloody Winter War of 1939-40, when the Soviet Red Army launched a surprise attack on the small Scandinavian country – the squadron enjoyed great success against numerically superior opposition. LLv 24 was once again in the thick of the action following the outbreak of the Continuation War in June 1941. As this detailed volume shows, LLv 24 claimed 877 kills, and its pilots won five direct and two indirect Mannerheim Crosses (Finland’s highest military award) out of a total of 19 presented to all Finnish soldiers. Most top aces also scored the bulk of their kills flying with this unit.