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Title: WW2: At that moment I became friend of the germans
Post by: Grendel on January 26, 2001, 04:34:00 PM

A tidbit from a finnish ww2 Air Force veteran pilot, Kauko Aho, who flew Blenheim bombers during 1944. This full interview and other interesting materials will be coming up in the VLeLv Icebreakers & Virtuaalilentäjät r.y./Virtual Pilots Finland (registered society) historical website.

Aho's squadron was flying their Blenheims in the thick battles of summer 1944. Once again they were heading to the hot battlezone, with their outmoded, old and slow bombers, when…
"I then saw two round nosed fighters approaching from behind. They came terribly fast nearer us. They pulled next to our planes and then I saw the black crosses in the fuselage and swastika in stabilizer. And then I saw more of them. More of them, all around, flying with us. And I felt this warm feeling in my heart, now we aren't alone in this battle anymore. At that moment I became friend of the germans."

The german Gefechtverband Kuhlmey, combined from II./JG54 "Grünhertz", I./SG 3 and  and Ju-87's of I./SG 5, has just arrived to Finland. Armed with Focke-Wulf 190 jabos and Ju-87 dive bombers they begin assisting finnish army against the massed offensive of the Red Army. Their first mission in Finland was against same target that mr. Aho's Blenheims of Bomber Squadron 42 were striking. Kuhlmey's unti was one of the decisive assets that helped stopping the soviet juggernaut, and causing the only defeat of Red Army's offensives during the later half of the war.



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Title: WW2: At that moment I became friend of the germans
Post by: Ozark on January 26, 2001, 05:12:00 PM

Thanks Grendel, Looking forward to reading more.  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

BTW: Nice information on "Finnish Airforce and the swastika - Short lesson:" on your site.

Ozark
 

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Title: WW2: At that moment I became friend of the germans
Post by: Staga on January 26, 2001, 06:18:00 PM

Thanks Grendel  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

Title: WW2: At that moment I became friend of the germans
Post by: Grendel on January 27, 2001, 06:55:00 AM

Ups, forgot..

This subject came up when he was going through his notes about his bombing sorties in the "summer war".

He had places and dates marked up and one of the missions had this reminder "FW190".

I was sitting next to him and just boiling up in curiosity but managed to shut up and wait him going through the missions.

Then he came to that one and said:
"Oh, and this one, here I saw a Focke Wulf for the first time ever."

And he told this story how he became an eternal friend of the germans.  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)



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Title: WW2: At that moment I became friend of the germans
Post by: Jimdandy on January 27, 2001, 09:59:00 PM

I hope I'm not going to drag this off on a tangent. Are the markings on the 109 G2 Finnish on AH? Weren't the blue swastikas Finnish?

Title: WW2: At that moment I became friend of the germans
Post by: Dingy on January 28, 2001, 10:19:00 AM

 

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Originally posted by Jimdandy:
Weren't the blue swastikas Finnish?

Yes Jim they were.

-Ding

Title: WW2: At that moment I became friend of the germans
Post by: Jimdandy on January 28, 2001, 01:35:00 PM

Thx Dingy.

Title: WW2: At that moment I became friend of the germans
Post by: Grendel on February 10, 2001, 05:25:00 AM

Jim,

Big difference. They are not swatikas. They are Von Rosen's crosses  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) Check our squadron website.

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