The Soviet Bombers Captured and Upgraded by the Finnish | Ep.1 - Ilyushin DB-3

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The Finns are famous for their crafty and intelligent use of all the material available for them, and on occasion that included using enemy aircraft that fell into their hands. In todays video, episode 1 of the series, we take a deep dive into the history of the captured Finnish DB-3s. A HUGE thanks to my Finnish expert Enegene, our resident expert on all things Finnish, and who did an excellent job researching this video!

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Sources:
Suomen ilmavoimien pommittajat historia maalaukset ja merkinnät 1939-1945 by Kari Stenman and Karolina Holda
Suomen ilmavoimien historia osa 19 LeR 4 by Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman
Lentäjän näkökulma 4 by Jukka Raunio
Jatkosota ilmassa by Risto Pajari
Pohjoinen ilmasota by Hannu Valtonen
Ilmavoimien lentokalusto toinen maailmansota pdf by the Finnish airforce
Sotapolku.fi
Joukkosieessä
An article on the bombing of Lappeenranta in 1944 by Pentti Manninen (Finnish aviation history magazine issue 2/2004)

0:00 - 1:46 Introduction
1:47 - 3:44 Initial Capture
3:45 - 5:25 Modifications and Early Service Life
5:26 - 12:28 Use in Continuation War
12:29 - 14:46 Use in Lapland War and Retirement