Photos of Finland's Continuation War, P.2

   Shown below, and on five other web pages in this web site, are photos of Finnish aircraft, military personnel, scenes and equipment taken during Finland's Continuation War against Soviet Russia. I am offering digital enlargements or scans of these historic photos for sale.
   To get to the other pages of Finnish photos you can scroll to the links at the bottom of this page or click one of these links P.1, P.3, P.4, P.5, P.6.
   These are scans of never before published photographic enlargements made from frames selected from two of 37, 35mm rolls of film (now owned by Sea Bird Publishing, Inc.) taken during Finland's Continuation War with Soviet Russia.
   All photos © Sea Bird Publishing, Inc. 2001 All rights reserved.
   Please read the caption to see what each photo is of. Translated descriptions of a roll's content appear in quotes.
   If you want to see a larger version of the photo please click on the image.
   If you are maintaining a .org WWII website to remember the veterans and their deeds and want a free 72dpi image of any of these photos please use the links to access the larger versions and use them. Please give credit for the photo(s) to Sea Bird Publishing, Inc. and include a link to this page.
   The 37 rolls of 35mm film were kept in numbered compartments built inside two wooden boxes once used for cigarettes. Two sheets of paper with handwritten descriptions in Finnish accompanied the boxes. Each description was numbered to correspond with a compartment and gave a description of the contents of that roll. Over the years the 37 rolls of film were moved out of their original order. Some rolls were cut apart and the segments scattered throughout the compartments in the two boxes. All this has made it a challenge to properly identify some of the rolls.
   Thanks to the translation of the hand-written text by the talented Finnish artist, Jouni Ronkko, I have managed to put most of the rolls back in order. Please be sure and visit the site where some of Jouni's work appears, Colors of the Finnish Air Force Aircraft (click).
   Another kind individual helped to translate some of the handwritten text that has proved difficult to read and I owe him a big "Thanks" also. His name is Osmo Joronen and you need to check out his very informative web site. His father fought for Finland in the Continuation War. His father's story is on this web page (click).
   The number of the roll (if known) from which the prints below were made, translations in quotes and historical info gleaned from research all appear in the photo captions.
PDF files of the handwritten text are available for viewing here:
Box 1 text,
Box 2 text (front)
Box 2 text (back).
   You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download from adobe.com) to view the PDF files.
   The Sea Bird Publishing, Inc. logo DOES NOT appear on the finished enlargement or scan. I added it to the images below only.
   New 8"x10" B&W digital enlargements are $15.00.
   Scans are $12.50 each irregardless of size. I can attach them to email (if there aren't many), FTP them to a site of your choice or burn a CD and mail it ($10.00).
Enlargements or scans are sold with one time re-print rights only.
   Enlargements or scans are sold with one time re-print rights only.
   In the USA priority mailing of carefully packed photos, with tracking, is $5.50 for up to a pound of prints. That's about twelve 8"x10" photos. Your photos can also be shipped first class if you prefer. Request first class for mailing quote.
   Use the roll and frame number of the scan below to order.
   Sea Bird Publishing, Inc. accepts Master Card, Visa, American Express or Discover directly. You can call your credit card order in on our toll free line 877-727-0801 from anywhere in the USA, seven days a week between the hours of 8am and 6pm Eastern Standard Time. You can also send me an email with the print numbers you want and mail me a money order or cashier's check for payment.
   Or you can click here to go to Sea Bird's secure web order page and place your order. Paypal and bidpay are both welcome also.
Thanks for stopping by and checking out the photos. Be sure and check out my other pages of photos in this web site (links are at the bottom of the page).
   Here are links to some other great web sites with more info about the Finnish Air Force and military.
Finnish Air Force Aircraft in WWII
Finnish Wasp-Fokker DXXI Book
Finnish Winter War
Finnish Re-enactors Site
The WWII Fighter Gun Debate (incredibly informative)

Roll 9, Frame 7. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." Finnish military personnel on the steps of a building.	Roll 9, Frame 8. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." Another view of Finnish military personnel seated on the steps of a building.	Roll 9, Frame 10. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." German Junkers JU 88 bomber in Küstenfliegergruppe 506/Kampfgruppe 506 (KGr.506) that participated in Operation Barbarossa from the Finnish airfield at Malmi near Helsinki.
Roll 9, Frame 11. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." The same JU 88 as in frame 10, different view.	Roll 9, Frame 12. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." The same JU 88 as in frame 10, close up view showing nose art and bullet hole in pilots windscreen.	Roll 9, Frame 15. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." The same JU 88 as in frame 10. A view of it from the rear showing other aircraft at Malmi. The tail and wheels of a Wasp-Fokker, FR 128, as well as the tail of a US made DC-2 in use by the Finns can be seen behind the German bomber.
Roll 9, Frame 16. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." View of the bullet riddled left wing of the JU88 shown in the previous four photos.	Roll 9, Frame 17. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." View of some of the buildings (a hanger and the control tower) at Malmi airfield draped in camouflage.	Roll 9, Frame 18. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." The Wasp-Fokker D.XXI (assembled with a Wasp engine in Finland under contract with Fokker) FR 125 that was the personal aircraft of Finnish Ace 2nd Lt. Tuure Mattila with a Junkers JU88 in the background. Mattila was lead pilot in the 2nd flight of LeLv 30.
Roll 9, Frame 19. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." Finnish flown, American made Douglas DC 2 in the foreground German Junkers JU 88 in background and a Shell fuel station at left.	Roll 9, Frame 20. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." German made Heinkel HE 111 bomber, in a hanger at Malmi, used by the Finnish Air Force.	Roll 9, Frame 22. "German plane at airfield of Malmi. Summer, 1941." Another view of the HE 111 in frame 20.
Roll 10, Frame 1. "FR CIV at Hyvinkää airfield." Finnish made Wasp Fokker D.XXI, FR 148, that was flown by 1Lt. Martti "Masa" Kalima of 3/LeLv 30, in a grain field serving as an airfield. Summer 1941.	Roll 10, Frame 2. "FR CIV at Hyvinkää airfield." Finnish made Wasp Fokker D.XXI, FR 148, that was flown by 1Lt. Martti "Masa" Kalima of 3/LeLv 30, being worked on. Summer 1941.	Roll 10, Frame 4. "FR CIV at Hyvinkää airfield." Another view of the Finnish made Wasp Fokker D.XXI, FR 148, that was flown by 1Lt. Martti "Masa" Kalima of 3/LeLv 30, being worked on. Summer 1941.
Roll 10, Frame 6. "FR CIV at Hyvinkää airfield." Finnish made Wasp Fokker D.XXI, FR 148, that was flown by 1Lt. Martti "Masa" Kalima of 3/LeLv 30, revs up its engine blowing threshed grain over it's port side wing root. Summer 1941.	Roll 10, Frame 7. "FR CIV at Hyvinkää airfield." Full port side view of 1Lt. Martti "Masa" Kalima's Finnish built Wasp-Fokker FR 148. Two victory markings are visible on the tail. Summer 1941.	Roll 10, Frame 8. "FR CIV at Hyvinkää airfield." Finnish made Wasp Fokker D.XXI, FR 148, that was flown by 1Lt. Martti "Masa" Kalima of 3/LeLv 30, taxiing through a grain field. Summer 1941.
Roll 10, Frame 9. "FR CIV at Hyvinkää airfield." Finnish built Wasp-Fokker FR 148 taxiing through a grain field, view 2. Summer 1941.	Roll 10, Frame 10. "FR CIV at Hyvinkää airfield." Ground crew performing an inertial start of the Finnish made Wasp Fokker D.XXI, FR 148, that was flown by 1Lt. Martti "Masa" Kalima of 3/LeLv 30. Summer 1941.	Roll 10, Frame 11. "FR CIV at Hyvinkää airfield." Finnish built Wasp-Fokker FR 148. Summer 1941.
Roll 10, Frame 12. "FR CIV at Hyvinkää airfield." Finnish made Wasp Fokker D.XXI, FR 148, that was flown by 1Lt. Martti "Masa" Kalima of 3/LeLv 30, taking off. Summer 1941.	Roll 10, Frame 15. "FR CIV at Hyvinkää airfield." A Finnish built Wasp-Fokker comes in for a landing at Hyvinkää airfield. Note the hilly nature of the grain field doubling as an airfield. It's a good thing these aircraft had stout landing gear. Summer 1941.	Roll 10, Frame 16. Finnish pilot, a Second Lieutenant.
Roll 10, Frame 17. Finnish pilot, a Lieutenant.	Roll 10, Frame 18. Finnish pilot, a Lieutenant.	Roll 10, Frame 19. Finnish pilot, a Lieutenant.
Roll 10, Frame 20. Finnish pilot, a Lieutenant, listening to a crewman's report.	Roll 10, Frame 25. Tail art on the Finnish Wasp-Fokker FR 157 flown by Majuri (Major) Lauri Bremer, Commander of LeLv 30. One victory bar evident on the tail above the Ace of Hearts.	Roll 10, Frame 34. German soccer team before the game.