List of World War II aces from Finland
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World War II
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Finnish fighter aces

Name Fokker
Fokker
Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. The company operated under several different names, starting out in 1912 in Schwerin, Germany, moving to the Netherlands in 1919....


D.XXI
Fokker D.XXI
-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* De Jong, Peter. Le Fokker D.21 . Outreau, France: Éditions Lela Presse, 2005. ISBN 2-914017-26-X....

Gloster
Gloster Aircraft Company
The Gloster Aircraft Company, Limited, known locally as GAC, was a British aircraft manufacturer. The company produced a famous lineage of fighters for the Royal Air Force : the Grebe, Gladiator, Meteor and Javelin. It also produced the Hawker Hurricane and Hawker Typhoon for the parent company...


Gladiator
Gloster Gladiator
The Gloster Gladiator was a British-built biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. It was the RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft and was rendered obsolete by newer monoplane designs even as it...

Fiat G.50
Fiat G.50
The Fiat G.50 Freccia was a World War II Italian fighter aircraft. First flown in February 1937, the G.50 was Italy’s first single-seat, all-metal monoplane with an enclosed cockpit and retractable landing gear to go into production...

M.S.406
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
The M.S.406 was a French Armée de l'Air fighter aircraft built by Morane-Saulnier starting in 1938. Numerically it was France's most important fighter during the opening stages of World War II....

Brewster
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
The Brewster Aeronautical Corporation was a North American defense contractor that operated from the 1930s until the end of World War II.It started existence as an aircraft division of Brewster & Co., a company that originally sold carriages and had branched into automobile bodies and airplane parts...


Buffalo
Brewster Buffalo
The Brewster F2A Buffalo was an American fighter aircraft which saw limited service early in World War II. Though the Buffalo won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the US Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft, it turned out to be a big disappointment...

Curtiss
Curtiss-Wright
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States at the end of World War II, but has evolved to largely become a component manufacturer, specializing in actuators, aircraft controls, valves, and metalworking....


Hawk 75
I-153
Polikarpov I-153
The Russian Polikarpov I-153 Chaika was a late 1930s Soviet biplane fighter. Developed as an advanced version of the I-15 with a retractable undercarriage, the I-153 fought in the Soviet-Japanese combats in Mongolia and was one of the Soviet's major fighter types in the early years of the Second...

LaGG-3 Bristol
Bristol Aeroplane Company
The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the first and one of the most important British aviation companies, designing and manufacturing both airframes and aero engines...


Bulldog
Bristol Bulldog
|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Andrews, C.F. The Bristol Bulldog . Leatherhead, Surrey, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1965.* Barnes, C.H. Bristol Aircraft Since 1910. London: Putnam, 1964....

Bf 109
Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109, often called Me 109, was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid 1930s...

Total
victories
Notes Fighter
squadron(s)
Ilmari Juutilainen
Ilmari Juutilainen
Eino Ilmari Juutilainen was a fighter pilot of the Ilmavoimat , and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time...

2 34 58 94 24, 34
Hans Wind
Hans Wind
Hans Henrik "Hasse" Wind was a Swedish-speaking Finnish fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II with 75 confirmed air combat victories....

39 36 75 24
Eino Luukkanen
Eino Luukkanen
Eino Luukkanen was a Finnish fighter ace in World War II. Luukkanen scored 56 confirmed victories, becoming Finland's third highest ranking ace. He flew the Fokker D-21, Brewster B-239 Buffalo, and Bf 109G.-Victories:...

2.5 14.5 39 56 24, 34
Urho Lehtovaara
Urho Lehtovaara
Urho Sakari Lehtovaara was born on 27 October 1917 in Pyhäjärvi, northern Finland and died on 5 January 1949. He was to become one of the top scoring Finnish Air Force aces and he was awarded the Mannerheim Cross on 9 July 1944....

15 29.5 44.5 28, 34
Oiva Tuominen
Oiva Tuominen
Oiva Emil Kalervo Tuominen was a Finnish fighter ace and a Mannerheim Cross knight of the second class. He flew over 400 flights and shot down 44 Soviet aircraft...

1.5 6.5 23 13 44 26, 34
Olli Puhakka
Olli Puhakka
Risto Olli Pekka Puhakka was born on 11 April 1916 in Sortavala and died on January 28, 1989. He was one of the top scoring aces in the Finnish Air Force with 42 confirmed victories....

4 13 25 42 26, 34
Olavi Puro 5.5 2 28.5 36 6, 24
Nils Katajainen
Nils Katajainen
Nils Edward Katajainen was a Finnish fighter pilot and a Mannerheim Cross Knight. He held the military rank of sergeant. He flew 196 sorties and shot down 35 enemy aircraft....

17.5 18 35.5 24
Lauri Nissinen
Lauri Nissinen
Lauri Nissinen was a World War II flying ace in the Finnish Air Force.-External links:* at Sci.fi...

4 22.5 6 32.5 24
Kyösti Karhila
Kyösti Karhila
Kyösti Karhila was a Finnish World War II fighter ace with 32¼ victories. He was born in Rauma, Finland. He began flying in Lentolaivue 32 and flew later in LeLv 30, LeLv 34 and LeLv 24. He scored 13¼ of his victories with P-36 Hawks and 19 with Bf 109s. After his air force career he flew...

13 19 32 32, 30, 34, 24
Jorma Karhunen
Jorma Karhunen
Jorma Karhunen was a Finnish Air Force ace.He scored 31.5 kills in World War II; 25.5 of his air victories were achieved while flying the Brewster F2A Buffalo, American fighter....

4.5 26.5 31 24
Emil Vesa 9.5 20 29.5 24
Tapio Järvi 11.5 17 28.5 24
Klaus Alakoski 1 25 26 26, 34
Kalevi Tervo 0.5 15.5 7 23 24, 32, 34
Jorma Saarinen 5 18 23 24
Eero Kinnunen 3.5 19 22.5 24
Antti Tani 7 14.5 21.5 28, 34
Paavo Myllylä 1.5 19.5 21 28, 34
Väinö Suhonen 4.5 15 19.5 24
Viktor Pyötsiä 7.5 8.5 3.5 19.5 24
Erik Teromaa 13 6 19 24, 26
Lauri Pekuri
Lauri Pekuri
Lauri Pekuri was a World War II fighter ace of the Finnish Air Force and a Finnish jet aircraft pioneer. Pekuri had changed his name in 1942, having before been named Lauri Ohukainen...

12.5 6 18.5 # 24, 34
Jouko Huotari 9.5 8 17.5 24
Yrjö Turkka 4.5 9.5 3 17 24, 34
Jorma Sarvanto
Jorma Sarvanto
Jorma Kalevi Sarvanto was a Finnish Air Force pilot and the foremost Finnish fighter ace of the Winter War.-Early life:...

13 4 17 24
Aulis Lumme 11.5 5 16.5 24
Eero Riihikallio 6.5 10 16.5 24
Eero Halonen 16 16 24
Martti Alho 1.5 13.5 15 ## 24
Aaro Nuorala 3 1.5 10 14.5 30, 14, 34
Heimo Lampi 5.5 8 13.5 24
Pekka Kokko 3.5 10 13.5 ## 24
Yrjö Pallasvuo 9 4 13 32, 34
Per-Erik Sovelius 5.5 7 12.5 24
Lasse Aaltonen 2 3.5 7 12.5 26, 34
Urho Sarjamo 6.5 6 12.5 24
Onni Paronen 2 5.5 5 12.5 26, 34
Eino Koskinen 11.5 1 12.5 32
Leo Ahokas 7 5 12 24
Iikka Törrönen 0.5 10.5 11 24
Urho Nieminen 5 4 2 11 26
Hemmo Leino 1.5 3 6.5 11 30, 14, 34
Niilo Erkinheimo 6.5 4 10.5 ## 32, 34
Martti Kalima 4 6.5 10.5 30, 10, 14
Kai Metsola 6.5 4 10.5 24
Eino Peltola 7.5 3 10.5 24, 34
Kullervo Lahtela 6 4.5 10.5 32, 34
Veikko Karu 7 2 1 10 [1] 26, 28, 30
Ahti Laitinen 2 8 10 # 24
Mikko Pasila 5 5 10 24
Mauno Kirjonen 1 5 4 10 32, 34
Paavo Berg
Paavo Berg
Paavo David "Pete" Berg was a Finnish fighter ace. He was the second most successful Finnish biplane fighter ace scoring 10.5 victories . The remaining 4.5 victories were with Curtiss Hawk 75s...

5 4.5 9.5 26, 32
Viljo Kauppinen 8.5 1 9.5 24
Jaakko Hillo 8 8 32
Ture Mattila 3 5 8 30, 34
Joel Savonen 7 1 8 24
Martti Inehmo 8 8 28
Erik Lyly 2 6 8 24, 34
Aulis Bremer 8 8 32
Valio Porvari 2 3.5 1 1 7.5 26
Lauri Jutila 4 3.5 7.5 32, 34
Nils Trontti 6 1 7 26
Väinö Virtanen 7 7 32
Toivo Tomminen 6.5 6.5 28
Tatu Huhanantti 6 6 24
Aarre Linnamaa 6 6 28
Pauli Salminen 0.5 5.5 6 32
Kelpo Virta 6 6 ## 24
Onni Avikainen 6 6 24
Lars Hattinen 6 6 28
Matti Durchman 6 6 34
Pentti Nurminen 6 6 # 32
Aimo Gerdt 6 6 32
Sakari Ikonen 2 4 6 24
Gustaf Magnusson
Gustaf Magnusson
Gustaf Erik Magnusson was a Finnish Major General and Mannerheim Cross Knight. He was the commander of No. 24 Squadron and Flying Regiment 3 during World War 2...

4 1.5 5.5 24
Osmo Kauppinen 5.5 5.5 24
Lauri Lautamäki 1.5 4 5.5 26
Mauno Fräntilä 1 1.5 3 5.5 24, 32, 34
Kosti Keskinummi 0.5 5 5.5 24
Paavo Mellin 5.5 5.5 # 24
Veikko Rimminen 1.5 4 5.5 24
Aaro Kiljunen 5.5 5.5 32
Pentti Tilli 5 5 24
Olavi Ehrnrooth 1 2 2 5 ## 32
Jouko Myllymäki 2 3 5 28, 24
Sakari Alapuro 5 5 32
Veikko Evinen 2.5 1.5 1 5 32, 34
Vilppu Lakio 5 5 24
Kim Lindberg 5 5 24
Pauli Massinen 5 5 28
Atte Nyman 5 5 24
Väinö Pokela 2 3 5 24, 34
Jaakko Kajanto 5 5 32
Arvo Koskelainen 5 5 24
Ilmari Joensuu 4 1 5 26
TOTAL 116 19 66.5 70 432 136 2 1 1 592 1,435.5

Fokker D.XXI

Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Fokker D.XXI
Fokker D.XXI
-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* De Jong, Peter. Le Fokker D.21 . Outreau, France: Éditions Lela Presse, 2005. ISBN 2-914017-26-X....


Name Victories with
Fokker D.XXI
Victories total
Jorma Sarvanto 13 17
Viktor Pyötsiä 7.5 19.5
Veikko Karu 7 10
Tatu Huhanantti 6 6
Kelpo Virta 6 6
Per-Erik Sovelius 5.5 12.5
Urho Nieminen 5 11
Pentti Tilli 5 5
Jorma Karhunen 4.5 31
Yrjö Turkka 4.5 17
Olli Puhakka 4 42
Lauri Nissinen 4 32.5
Martti Kalima 4 10.5
Gustaf Magnusson 4 5.5
Eero Kinnunen 3.5 22.5
Pekka Kokko 3.5 13.5
Aaro Nuorala 3 14.5
Ture Mattila 3 8
Eino Luukkanen 2.5 56
Veikko Evinen 2.5 5
Ilmari Juutilainen 2 94
Lasse Aaltonen 2 12.5
Onni Paronen 2 12.5
Sakari Ikonen 2 6
Oiva Tuominen 1.5 44
Martti Alho 1.5 15
Hemmo Leino 1.5 11
Veikko Rimminen 1.5 5.5
Mauno Kirjonen 1 10
Mauno Fräntilä 1 5.5
Olavi Ehrnrooth 1 5
Iikka Törrönen 0.5 11
Pauli Salminen 0.5 6
116

Gloster Gladiator

Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Gloster Gladiator
Gloster Gladiator
The Gloster Gladiator was a British-built biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. It was the RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft and was rendered obsolete by newer monoplane designs even as it...

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Name Victories with
Gloster Gladiator
Victories total
Oiva Tuominen 6.5 44
Paavo Berg 5 9.5
Ilmari Joensuu 4 5
Valio Porvari 2 7.5
Lauri Lautamäki 1.5 5.5
19

Fiat G.50

Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Fiat G.50
Fiat G.50
The Fiat G.50 Freccia was a World War II Italian fighter aircraft. First flown in February 1937, the G.50 was Italy’s first single-seat, all-metal monoplane with an enclosed cockpit and retractable landing gear to go into production...


Name Victories with
Fiat G.50
Victories total
Oiva Tuominen 23 44
Olli Puhakka 13 42
Nils Trontti 6 7
Onni Paronen 5.5 12.5
Urho Nieminen 4 11
Lauri Lautamäki 4 5.5
Lasse Aaltonen 3.5 12.5
Valio Porvari 3.5 7.5
Olavi Ehrnrooth 2 5
Klaus Alakoski 1 26
Ilmari Joensuu 1 5
66.5

Morane-Saulnier MS.406

Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Morane-Saulnier MS.406
Name Victories with
Morane-Saulnier
MS 406
Victories total
Urho Lehtovaara 15 44.5
Martti Inehmo 8 8
Antti Tani 7 21.5
Martti Kalima 6.5 10.5
Toivo Tomminen 6.5 6.5
Aarre Linnamaa 6 6
Lars Hattinen 6 [1] 6
Pauli Massinen 5 5
Hemmo Leino 3 11
Veikko Karu 2 10
Jouko Myllymäki 2 5
Paavo Myllylä 1.5 21
Aaro Nuorala 1.5 14.5
70
[1] 3 with Mörkö-Morane aircraft.

Brewster Buffalo

Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Brewster Buffalo
Brewster Buffalo
The Brewster F2A Buffalo was an American fighter aircraft which saw limited service early in World War II. Though the Buffalo won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the US Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft, it turned out to be a big disappointment...


Name Victories with
Brewster
Buffalo
Victories total
Hans Wind 39 75
Ilmari Juutilainen 34 94
Jorma Karhunen 26.5 31
Lauri Nissinen 22.5 32.5
Eero Kinnunen 19 22.5
Nils Katajainen 17.5 35.5
Eino Luukkanen 14.5 56
Martti Alho 13.5 15
Erik Teromaa 13 19
Lauri Pekuri 12.5 18.5
Tapio Järvi 11.5 28.5
Aulis Lumme 11.5 16.5
Iikka Törrönen 10.5 11
Pekka Kokko 10 13.5
Emil Vesa 9.5 29.5
Jouko Huotari 9.5 17.5
Yrjö Turkka 9.5 17
Viktor Pyötsiä 8.5 19.5
Viljo Kauppinen 8.5 9.5
Eino Peltola 7.5 10.5
Per-Erik Sovelius 7 12.5
Leo Ahokas 7 12
Joel Savonen 7 8
Eero Riihikallio 6.5 16.5
Urho Sarjamo 6.5 12.5
Kai Metsola 6.5 10.5
Onni Avikainen 6 6
Olavi Puro 5.5 36
Heimo Lampi 5.5 13.5
Osmo Kauppinen 5.5 5.5
Paavo Mellin 5.5 5.5
Jorma Saarinen 5 23
Mikko Pasila 5 10
Vilppu Lakio 5 5
Kim Lindberg 5 5
Jaakko Kajanto 5 5
Väinö Suhonen 4.5 19.5
Jorma Sarvanto 4 17
Sakari Ikonen 4 6
Veikko Rimminen 4 5.5
Urho Nieminen 2 11
Ahti Laitinen 2 10
Erik Keskinen 2 8
Väinö Pokela 2 5
Gustaf Magnusson 1.5 5.5
Veikko Karu 1 10
Valio Porvari 1 7.5
Nils Trontti 1 7
Kalevi Tervo 0.5 23
Kosti Keskinummi 0.5 5.5
432

Curtiss Hawk 75

Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Curtiss Hawk 75
Name Victories with
Curtiss
Hawk 75
Victories total
Kalevi Tervo 15.5 23
Kyösti Karhila 13 32
Eino Koskinen 11.5 12.5
Yrjö Pallasvuo 9 13
Jaakko Hillo 8 8
Aulis Bremer 8 8
Väinö Virtanen 7 7
Niilo Erkinheimo 6.5 10.5
Kullervo Lahtela 6 10.5
Pentti Nurminen 6 6
Aimo Gerdt 6 6
Pauli Salminen 5.5 6
Aaro Kiljunen 5.5 5.5
Mauno Kirjonen 5 10
Sakari Alapuro 5 5
Arvo Koskelainen 5 5
Paavo Berg 4.5 9.5
Lauri Jutila 4 7.5
Olavi Ehrnrooth 2 5
Mauno Fräntilä 1.5 5.5
Veikko Evinen 1.5 5
136

Messerschmitt Bf 109

Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Messerschmitt Bf 109
Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109, often called Me 109, was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid 1930s...


Name Victories with
Messerschmitt
Bf 109
Victories total
Ilmari Juutilainen 58 94
Eino Luukkanen 39 56
Hans Wind 36 75
Urho Lehtovaara 29.5 44.5
Olavi Puro 28.5 36
Olli Puhakka 25 42
Klaus Alakoski 25 26
Emil Vesa 20 29.5
Paavo Myllylä 19.5 21
Kyösti Karhila 19 32
Nils Katajainen 18 35.5
Jorma Saarinen 18 23
Tapio Järvi 17 28.5
Eero Halonen 16 16
Väinö Suhonen 15 19.5
Antti Tani 14.5 21.5
Oiva Tuominen 13 44
Eero Riihikallio 10 16.5
Aaro Nuorala 10 14.5
Jouko Huotari 8 17.5
Heimo Lampi 8 13.5
Ahti Laitinen 8 10
Kalevi Tervo 7 23
Lasse Aaltonen 7 12.5
Hemmo Leino 6.5 11
Lauri Nissinen 6 32.5
Erik Teromaa 6 19
Lauri Pekuri 6 18.5
Urho Sarjamo 6 12.5
Erik Lyly 6 8
Matti Durchman 6 6
Aulis Lumme 5 16.5
Onni Paronen 5 12.5
Leo Ahokas 5 12
Mikko Pasila 5 10
Ture Mattila 5 8
Kosti Keskinummi 5 5.5
Atte Nyman 5 5
Kullervo Lahtela 4.5 10.5
Yrjö Pallasvuo 4 13
Niilo Erkinheimo 4 10.5
Kai Metsola 4 10.5
Mauno Kirjonen 4 10
Viktor Pyötsiä 3.5 19.5
Lauri Jutila 3.5 7.5
Yrjö Turkka 3 17
Eino Peltola 3 10.5
Mauno Fräntilä 3 5.5
Jouko Myllymäki 3 5
Väinö Pokela 3 5
Viljo Kauppinen 1 9.5
Joel Savonen 1 8
Veikko Evinen 1 5
592


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