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daniel kochenberger
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Post by daniel kochenberger » 20 Jun 2003, 02:54

Hi,
Is it true that (late)Olof Palme served as a combat pilot for Finland in 1940?
If so,please give me some details please.
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Post by Juha Tompuri » 20 Jun 2003, 07:34

Hi!

I haven´t heard of O.P. service at our AF during the Wimter War, but have you heard about your countryman Lt Bruno Thellung ? He served as a fighter pilot.

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Post by Tapani K. » 20 Jun 2003, 07:52

A faint recollection which may be wrong:

Olof Palme served as a volunteer in Finland but that was in 1918 and he was not the former prime minister of Sweden, but a relative of his( the family name might have been different since I think he might have been Olof Palme's maternal uncle).


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Post by daniel kochenberger » 20 Jun 2003, 20:58

Juha,unfortunatly for me, this is the first time i hear about it.Please tell me more about this swiss pilot.
thanks!
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Post by Juha Tompuri » 20 Jun 2003, 22:04

Hi Daniel,

I "discovered" him from a local book "Parolasta Pyhäniemeen" (From Parola to Pyhäniemi) by Ahti Saarinen. There isn´t very much about him, only the following: "Lt Bruno Thellung, pilot at LLv28 (Fighter Squadron 28, equipped with Morane Saulnier MS 406 planes), "worked" as volunteer from 9th Feb-40 to 1st April-40. Landing accident with MS-319 coded plane 25th Feb-40" .
When did Swizerland purchase their MS 406 planes? I just wonder was Lt Thellung familiar with that type before arriving here.

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Post by Harri » 20 Jun 2003, 23:56

I'm not quite sure but I have an idea that Thellung didn't come to Finland because he was already in Finland. IIRC he was a mechanician, but his other talents were noticed soon. He was either a pilot or mechanician of Swissair (or whatever it was back then) located at Helsinki International Airport (Malmi).

There were also Polish pilot(s?) and mechanicians, perhaps I mix these two cases.
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Post by Tapani K. » 13 Dec 2004, 11:19

Tapani K. wrote:A faint recollection which may be wrong:

Olof Palme served as a volunteer in Finland but that was in 1918 and he was not the former prime minister of Sweden, but a relative of his( the family name might have been different since I think he might have been Olof Palme's maternal uncle).


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Tapani K.
I will correct myself after a year and a half: Olof Palme was a paternal uncle of the later Swedish Prime Minister. The elder Olof Palme did volunteer for Finland in 1918 and was killed at Tampere. Here is a Swedish-language link:
http://historiska-personer.nu/min-s/p0fd00184.html

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