"The Terror of Soviet Bombers" - The True Story of the Finnish Ace Oiva Tuominen

From the skies of the Winter War, to the last days of the Continuation War - Oiva Tuominen proved himself as one of the most capable and competent Finnish pilots of the FAF, and even of the entire war. Earning massive distinctions in his Gloster Gladiator and later Fiat G.50, he would become Finland's highest scoring ace in both designs.

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0:00 - 2:00 Introduction
2:01 - 11:08 Winter War and Aftermath
11:09 - 16:37 Continuation War
16:38 - 17:28 Conclusion

Sources:

(Sourced from http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/finlan...)

All aces of Stalin 1936–1953 – Mikhail Bykov, 2014
Double Fighter Knight - Ilmari Juutilainen, 1996 Apali Oy, Tampere, ISBN 952-5026-04-03
Englantilaiset Hävittäjät - Kalevi Keskinen, Kari Stenman and Klaus Niska
Finnish Air Force 1939-1945 - Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman, 1998
Hurricane & Gladiator - Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman, 2005, ISBN 952-99432-0-2
Hävittäjä-Ässät (Finnish Fighter Aces) - Kalevi Keskinen, Kari Stenman and Klaus Niska, 1994 Apali, Tampere, ISBN 952-5026-00-0
Ilmavoitot, osa 1 - Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman, ISBN 952-99432-8-8
Ilmavoitot, osa 2 - Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman, ISBN 952-99432-8-8
LeR 2 - Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman, 2001, ISBN 951-98751-0-7
Oiva ”Oippa” Tuominen - from mechanic to Knight (WWII Ace Stories) - Ossi Juntunen, 1999
Red Stars 7 - Talvisota Ilmassa - The Winter War In the Air - Carl-Fredrik Geust, 2011 Apali Oy, Tampere, ISBN 978-952-5877-04-5
Soviet Aces 1936-1953
Soviet Fighter Pilots 1936-1953 - Mikhail Bykov
Suomen Ilmavoimat part II – 1928-40 – Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman, 2006, ISBN 952-99743-0-2
Suomen Ilmavoimat part III – 1941 – Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman, 2007, ISBN 978-952-99743-1-3
Suomen Ilmavoimat part IV – 1942 – Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman, 2007, ISBN 978-952-99743-2-0
Suomen Ilmavoimat part V – 1943 – Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman, 2007, ISBN 978-952-99743-3-7
Suomen Ilmavoimat part VI – 1944 – Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman, 2008, ISBN 978-952-99743-5-1
Additional information kindly provided by Alexey Andreev, Göran Bruun, Carl-Fredrik Geust, Pekka Holopainen, Sari Lehmuskallio and Pentti Perttula.