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Old 4th March 2009, 21:26
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Re: Did Luftwaffe buy captured planes from the Finns?

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Originally Posted by Mikael Olrog View Post
It's not a confirmation that the exchange took place, but it is at least a confirmation that such engines went from Germany to Finland in some sort of deal.
I think the Finns bought the first engines in 1942 when the first LaGGs were obtained and then wanted to buy more when the number of planes increased. C. F. Geust wrote at FsNordic.net that the Germans were not interested since they too had captured enough IL-2s and Yaks. So that's it!
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