Judging by the fact that he had the same rank in both photos, he did not make a good military career.amateur wrote:Is his rank in the first picture Major-General of Aviation? Sorry, the photo is not very vivid.
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Judging by the fact that he had the same rank in both photos, he did not make a good military career.amateur wrote:Is his rank in the first picture Major-General of Aviation? Sorry, the photo is not very vivid.
Major- General , yes but AFAIK Infantry.amateur wrote:Is his rank in the first picture Major-General of Aviation?
I'm sorry, but at the moment these two are the only ones I could find of him.amateur wrote:Sorry, the photo is not very vivid.
He served at both Spanish Civil War and Winter War.AVV wrote:Judging by the fact that he had the same rank in both photos, he did not make a good military career.
Well done, correct answer!amateur wrote:His name has been misspelled in various sources. I had this guy at hand yesterday, but no picture to link the biography with it . Well, thanks to your last hint I dear to say that the man in the picture is Aksel Anttila, Major-General.
Yes, Steen is a ex-moderator from here, I'll pass your suggestion to him.amateur wrote:Source: http://www.generals.dk/general/Antila/A ... Union.html
If you will be so kind, please send the picture to this quite fine database of WW2 generals if you know the owner of it.
Yes, that's the source of the photos of the puppet government members.amateur wrote:He was also a member of so-called Terijoki Government
Source: http://personal.inet.fi/koti/juhani.put ... llitus.htm
Thanksamateur wrote:Good question!
Ivan Yevgrafovich Fedorov?amateur wrote:He was a pilot. In Russia he is considered a living legend
Good guess! But sorry, no. Not him. The man in the picture was a bomber pilot in Spanish Civil War.Ivan Yevgrafovich Fedorov?
Hi Juha Pekka!"The IL-4 was the first Russian bomber to attack Berlin on August 8, 1941."
I guess, that our pilot was a member of this attack.
His name? No idea.
Correct! Viktor Michailovitch Lavski. The first picture is from here: http://www.armiyaiflot.ru/ePages/2009/111009.htmlby Juha Tompuri » 06 Jun 2011 20:41
Viktor Lavski ?