Oiva Tuominen

Oiva Tuominen
Nickname	Oippa
Born	5 March 1908 Iitti
Died	28 January 1976 Helsinki
Allegiance	Finland
Service/branch	Finnish Air Force
Years of service	1930-1945
Rank	Chief Warrant Officer
Unit	LeLv 26, LeLv 30, LeLv 34
Battles/wars	World War II Winter War Continuation War
Other work	Professional pilot Taxi driver

Oiva Emil Kalervo Tuominen (March 5, 1908, Iitti - January 28, 1976, Helsinki) was a Finnish fighter ace and a Mannerheim Cross knight of the second class.^[1] He flew over 400 flights and shot down 44 Soviet aircraft.^[2] He was the most successful Finnish biplane fighter ace (flying Gloster Gladiators), and also the most successful Finnish Fiat G.50 pilot.

Victories

Aircraft	Victories
Fiat G.50	23
Fokker D.XXI	1.5
Gloster Gladiator Mk.II	6.5
Messerschmitt Bf 109G	13
Total	44

See also

References

Notes

1. ^ Mikkeli Headquarters Museum: The Mannerheim Cross And Knights (English)
2. ^ Keskinen 1978, p. 20-23.

Bibliography

• Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari and Niska, Klaus. Hävittäjä-ässät (Finnish Fighter Aces). Espoo, Finland: Tietoteas, 1978. ISBN 951-9035-37-0. (Finnish)
• 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.

External links

• Oiva "Oippa" Tuominen - from mechanic to Knight

Finnish World War II Aces with over 40 air victories
Ilmari Juutilainen | Hans Wind | Eino Luukkanen | Urho Lehtovaara | Oiva Tuominen | Olli Puhakka

Persondata
Name	Tuominen, Oiva
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 5, 1908
Place of birth	Iitti
Date of death	January 28, 1976
Place of death	Helsinki