I think this will interest many of you, hopefully.
I captured and converted piece of a TV show shown yesterday in Finnish TV YLE1.
http://www.byterapers.com/~grendel/scan/aviation/pilven_veikot.mpg VCD-compatible MPEG, 118 MB.
The clip has two Finnish WW2 aces interviewed, and shows cool black/white footage from Finnish Air Force
before and during WW2.
The talk is in Finnish of course, but I think you'll be able to enjoy the B/W-footage and check the old gents.
The gentlemen in question are:
(left) Väinö Pokela, Brewster/109 ace, 5 victories.
(right) Kyösti Karhila, Fokker D.XXI / Curtiss Hawk 75 / Messerchmitt 109 ace, 32 victories.
Kyösti Karhila is the unique pilot in FAF, that when the Messerchmitts arrived he insisted to fly with the wing
guns installed.
More about Väinö Pokela at:
http://www.compart.fi/icebreakers/WW2History.html Short rundown of the video:
- Gents arrive
- B/W footage from the 30s and during the war
- Gents interviewed
- 5:54 Väinö Pokela at "Warplanes exhibition" at Finnish Aviation Museum. You see mr. Pokela with his
"MT-208", Me 109 G-2 that he crashed in training flight accident after the war. Plane is currently under
restoration.
- 10:12 LOTS and LOTS of WW2 pilots! The 25 years party of PIlven Veikot, "Chaps of the CLouds", the
society of Finnish war time pilots. It was held just some 2 weeks ago. LOTS of fighter and bomber pilots and
so on, with their wives. There was also five German Luftwaffe pilots attending.
I'll try to snip a shorter bit from the whole video later but tell me if you downloaded this and liked it
