Did Luftwaffe buy captured planes from the Finns?

[Martti Kujansuu]

Hello,

I have a Finnish document telling me that Finns wanted to sell their captured Yak-7B and IL-2 to the Luftwaffe for exchange to M-105PFs (for the LaGGs). The trade supposely would have been taken place in 1943 and early 1944. I know the Germans had at least one Yak-7 in 1943 but did the trade take place?

Martti

[Mikael Olrog]

At Hallinporti Ilmailumuseo there is a Klimov 105P engine on display with a German dataplate stating that it was reconditioned by the Germans.

http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com...ov%20M105P.jpg

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.

Best regards
/Mike

[Mikael Olrog]

At Hallinporti Ilmailumuseo there is a Klimov 105P engine on display with a German dataplate stating that it was reconditioned by the Germans.

http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com...ov%20M105P.jpg

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.

Best regards
/Mike

[Martti Kujansuu]

Originally Posted by Mikael Olrog

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!