Final captured warplane image show today at Wings of War is that one above showing two ex-Soviet aircraft (a LaGG-3 fighter and Ilyushin DB-3 bomber) in Finnish markings.

Final captured warplane image show today at Wings of War is that one above showing two ex-Soviet aircraft (a LaGG-3 fighter and Ilyushin DB-3 bomber) in Finnish markings.

Finnish Fighters Friday: pic No.3 , a pair of Fokker D.XXIs on the ground

Finnish Fighters Friday: pic No.3 , a pair of Fokker D.XXIs on the ground

Finnish Fighters Friday: Picture No.2…A Gloster Gamecock of the 1930s

Finnish Fighters Friday: Picture No.2…A Gloster Gamecock of the 1930s

Finnish Fighters Friday: Pic No.1…a Myrsky MY-22 of HLeLv 26 at Kemi around the time of the last mission on November 23, 1944

Finnish Fighters Friday: Pic No.1…a Myrsky MY-22 of HLeLv 26 at Kemi around the time of the last mission on November 23, 1944

Finnish Brewster Buffalo/B-239

The Buffalo/F-2A/B-239 is a nominee in the current Wings of War Poll for most interesting ‘failed’ warplane of WW2. You can vote here

N.B. The Buffalo/F-2A/B-239 could be argued to have been successful whilst in Finnish service, with its poor record in the Pacific campaigns of 1941-42 being its major historical flaw.

Current Top Poll Nominees:

Messerschmitt Me-210 Hornisse - 7 Votes

Boulton Paul Defiant - 3 Votes

Heinkel He-177 Greif - 3 Votes

Breda Ba.88 Lince - 3 Votes

pastplanes:

Saab Draken, abandoned in a Finnish Forest..

pastplanes:

Saab Draken, abandoned in a Finnish Forest..

The Finnish adaption of the Morane-Saulnier MS.406, the so-called Mörkö-Morane, or LaGG Morane

Westland Lysander in Finnish service, World War II

Westland Lysander in Finnish service, World War II

Fokker D.XXI being maintained whilst in service with the Finnish Air Force

Fokker D.XXI being maintained whilst in service with the Finnish Air Force

Polikarpov I-153 fighter captured and impressed into service by the Finnish

Polikarpov I-153 fighter captured and impressed into service by the Finnish

Fiat G.50 in service with the Finnish Air Force during the Continuation War (Finalnd’s war against the USSR, 1941-1944)

Fiat G.50 in service with the Finnish Air Force during the Continuation War (Finalnd’s war against the USSR, 1941-1944)