- Eino Luukkanen
Infobox Military Person
name=Eino Luukkanen
lived=4 June 1909 -10 April 1964
placeofbirth=Jaakkima
placeofdeath=Jyväskylä
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nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|FinlandFinland
branch=Finnish Air Force
serviceyears=1931-1951
rank=Lieutenant Colonel
commands=LeLv 30 ,LeLv 34 , LeR 2
unit=LeLv 24 ,LeLv 26 ,LeLv 30 ,LeLv 34
battles=
awards=
laterwork=Eino Luukkanen (
4 June 1909 -10 April 1964 ) was a Finnish fighter ace inWorld War II . Luukkanen scored 56 confirmed victories, becoming Finland's third highest ranking ace. He flew theFokker D-21 ,Brewster B-239 Buffalo, andBf 109 G [Keskinen 1978, p. 12-15.] .Victories
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Bibliography
* Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari and Niska, Klaus. "Hävittäjä-ässät (Finnish Fighter Aces)". Espoo, Finland: Tietoteas, 1978. ISBN 951-9035-37-0. (Finnish)
* Luukkanen, Eino. "Fighter Over Finland". London: Macdonald & Company Ltd.., 1963. (Reprinted 1980 by Arno Press, NY as ISBN 0-405-12191-1. and in 1989 by Time-Life, NY as ISBN 0-80949-620-8.)
* Stenman, Kari and Keskinen, Kalevi. "Finnish Aces of World War 2 (Aircraft of the Aces 23)". Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1-85532-783-X.After the war The President of Finland marchal Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim pasted away on 28 th of Januari 1951 and Luukkanen was carring his coffin. Luukkanen retired in November 1951. One of his son Markku Aunala works as a judge in the city court of Helsinki and married with Marjo Aunala. [http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eino_Luukkanen]
External links
* [http://www.sci.fi/~fta/finace03.htm Detailed Biography]
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