Oiva Tuominen

Oiva Tuominen
Nickname Oippa
Born 5 March 1908
Iitti
Died 28 January 1976
Helsinki
Allegiance Finland
Service/branch Finnish Air Force
Years of service 1930-1945
Rank Chief Warrant Officer
Unit LeLv 26, LeLv 30, LeLv 34
Battles/wars

World War II
Other work Professional pilot
Taxi driver

Oiva Emil Kalervo Tuominen (March 5, 1908, Iitti - January 28, 1976, Helsinki) was a Finnish fighter ace and a Mannerheim Cross knight of the second class.[1] He flew over 400 flights and shot down 44 Soviet aircraft.[2] He was the most successful Finnish biplane fighter ace (flying Gloster Gladiators), and also the most successful Finnish Fiat G.50 pilot.

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Victories

Aircraft Victories
Fiat G.50 23
Fokker D.XXI 1.5
Gloster Gladiator Mk.II 6.5
Messerschmitt Bf 109G 13
Total 44

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Mikkeli Headquarters Museum: The Mannerheim Cross And Knights (English)
  2. ^ Keskinen 1978, p. 20-23.

Bibliography

  • Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari and Niska, Klaus. Hävittäjä-ässät (Finnish Fighter Aces). Espoo, Finland: Tietoteas, 1978. ISBN 951-9035-37-0. (Finnish)
  • Stenman, Kari and Keskinen, Kalevi. Finnish Aces of World War 2 (Aircraft of the Aces 23). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1-85532-783-X.

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Finnish World War II Aces with over 40 air victories

Ilmari Juutilainen | Hans Wind | Eino Luukkanen | Urho Lehtovaara | Oiva Tuominen | Olli Puhakka