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IMPORTANT! I disabled the comments on this piece because I could not endure another rash of uninformed commentary when said people discovered that the Finnish Air Force had , for its insignia, a Swastika!
Brewster 239 fighter of the Finnish Air Force. The Finns had a great deal more success with this type than other air forces.
This aircraft was salvaged from a lake in Russian Karelia.
It's now on display at the Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo (Aviation Museum of Central Finland)
IMPORTANT!
The swastika is correct (and light blue).
It has nothing to do with the Third Reich.
It was the symbol of the Finnish Airforce.
When Von Rosen donated the first aircraft to the Finns he had painted his personal good luck charm on the Thulin Typ D aircraft. This charm – a blue swastika, the ancient symbol of good luck – was adopted as the insignia of the Finnish Air Force. The swastika was officially taken into use after an order by Mannerheim on 18 March 1918. The FAF had to change the insignia after 1945, due to an Allied Control Commission decree, where the swastika had to be abandoned due to its association with Nazism.
This piece was created in Illustrator CS and is entirely vector.
The shading was rendered using the blend tool between different vector shapes, and a some use of the gradient and transparency tools.
Brewster 239 fighter of the Finnish Air Force. The Finns had a great deal more success with this type than other air forces.
This aircraft was salvaged from a lake in Russian Karelia.
It's now on display at the Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo (Aviation Museum of Central Finland)
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. Easily the air force's most successful fighter unit, LLv 24 claimed 877 kills, and its pilots won five direct and two indirect Mannerheim Crosses (Finlands 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.
IMPORTANT!
The swastika is correct (and light blue).
It has nothing to do with the Third Reich.
It was the symbol of the Finnish Airforce.
When Von Rosen donated the first aircraft to the Finns he had painted his personal good luck charm on the Thulin Typ D aircraft. This charm – a blue swastika, the ancient symbol of good luck – was adopted as the insignia of the Finnish Air Force. The swastika was officially taken into use after an order by Mannerheim on 18 March 1918. The FAF had to change the insignia after 1945, due to an Allied Control Commission decree, where the swastika had to be abandoned due to its association with Nazism.
This piece was created in Illustrator CS and is entirely vector.
The shading was rendered using the blend tool between different vector shapes, and a some use of the gradient and transparency tools.
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my favorite!
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