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Bf-109G-2 flown by the best of Suomen Ilmavoimat ace (94 victories) – Ltm. Ilmari Juutilainen.
Ilmari Juutilainen was fight from beginning of WWII (December 1939 - Winter War) to the end of the Continuation War in 1944. During this time, he was piloted a three main Suomen Ilmavoimat fighters: Fokker D. XXI, Brewster Buffalo and Messerschmit Bf-109G. He’s first victory was a Tupolev SB-2 – he shot down him on December 19, 1939 flown Fokker D. XXI (FR-108). First on the Bf-109G (MT-222) he achieve on June 5, 1943 (LaGG-3 or P-40).
MT-222 came from the second batch delivered to the Finns in the spring of 1942. This aircraft was very happy for Juutilainen – on this machine he shot down the 13 Soviet aircraft (better result he obtained only on MT-457: 15 wins). In total on Bf-109G he shot down 51 enemy aircraft. MT-222 was used by Juutilainen from March 1943 to March 1944 when he was lost in an accident (the pilot Sgt Mäittälä was killed).
Ilmari Juutilainen was fight from beginning of WWII (December 1939 - Winter War) to the end of the Continuation War in 1944. During this time, he was piloted a three main Suomen Ilmavoimat fighters: Fokker D. XXI, Brewster Buffalo and Messerschmit Bf-109G. He’s first victory was a Tupolev SB-2 – he shot down him on December 19, 1939 flown Fokker D. XXI (FR-108). First on the Bf-109G (MT-222) he achieve on June 5, 1943 (LaGG-3 or P-40).
MT-222 came from the second batch delivered to the Finns in the spring of 1942. This aircraft was very happy for Juutilainen – on this machine he shot down the 13 Soviet aircraft (better result he obtained only on MT-457: 15 wins). In total on Bf-109G he shot down 51 enemy aircraft. MT-222 was used by Juutilainen from March 1943 to March 1944 when he was lost in an accident (the pilot Sgt Mäittälä was killed).
