Urho Lehtovaara

Infobox Military Person
name=Urho Lehtovaara
lived=27 October 1917 - 5 January 1949
placeofbirth=Pyhäjärvi
placeofdeath=Suomusjärvi


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allegiance=flagicon|Finland Finland
branch=Finnish Air Force
serviceyears=1937-1946
rank=Warrant Officer
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unit=LeLv 26, LeLv 28, LeLv 34
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laterwork=Cinema owner

Urho Sakari Lehtovaara was born on October 27 1917 in Pyhäjärvi, northern Finland and died on January 5, 1949. He was to become one of the top scoring Finnish Air Force aces and he was awarded the Mannerheim cross on July 9, 1944.

Lehtovaara would eventually fly over 400 missions, scoring 44 1/2 victories with
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406s and Messerschmitt Bf 109s [Keskinen 1978, p. 16-19.] . He retired from the Finnish Air Force in 1946 and started to run his own cinema.

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Bibliography

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

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