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Re-touching history?
06-22-2010, 07:34 PM, (This post was last modified: 06-29-2010, 09:25 PM by Crossroads.)
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RE: Re-touching history?
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EDIT: Re-touching history, Part Two
From Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force#History

The Swedish count Eric von Rosen gave the Finnish White government its second aircraft, a Thulin Typ D. A photograph of this plane can be found in the book by Christopher Shores. The pilot, Lieutenant Nils Kindberg, flew the aircraft to Vaasa on 6 March 1918, having von Rosen as a passenger. As this aircraft was given against the will of the Swedish government, and no flight permit had been given, it resulted in a 100 kronor fine for Kindberg for leaving the country without permission. This aircraft is considered by some to be the first aircraft of the Finnish Air Force, since the Finnish Air Force didn't exist during the Civil War, and since it was only the Red side who flew a few aircraft with the help of some Russian pilots. The von Rosen aircraft was given the designation F.1. The air force was officially called the "aviation force" during its first years. The Finnish Air Force is one of the oldest air forces of the world – the RAF was founded as the first independent branch on 1 April, 1918 and the Swedish Flygvapnet in 1925.

Von Rosen had painted his personal good luck charm on the Thulin Typ D aircraft. This charm – a blue square with a 'plus' symbol in the middle of it, the ancient symbol of good luck – was adopted as the insignia of the Finnish Air Force. The white circular background was created when the Finns tried to paint over the advertisement from the Thulin air academy. The square with a 'plus' symbol in it was officially taken into use after an order by Mannerheim on 18 March 1918. The FAF had to change the insignia after 1945, due to an Allied Control Commission decree, where the square with a 'plus' symbol in it had to be abandoned due to the association with a certain political movement in a WW II era Germany.
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Re-touching history? - by Jim von Krieg - 06-17-2010, 12:49 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Gasbag - 06-17-2010, 03:42 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Herr Straße Laufer - 06-18-2010, 04:28 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by alaric99x - 06-18-2010, 09:09 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Herr Straße Laufer - 06-18-2010, 07:13 PM
RE: Re-touching history? - by alaric99x - 06-19-2010, 01:10 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Crossroads - 06-20-2010, 06:33 PM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Dog Soldier - 06-21-2010, 01:23 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Gasbag - 06-21-2010, 05:37 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Herr Straße Laufer - 06-21-2010, 07:10 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Dog Soldier - 06-22-2010, 02:44 PM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Gasbag - 06-30-2010, 07:01 PM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Dog Soldier - 07-01-2010, 01:37 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Crossroads - 07-01-2010, 05:15 PM
RE: Re-touching history? - by GUNSLNGR - 07-02-2010, 12:28 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Crossroads - 06-22-2010, 07:34 PM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Crossroads - 06-29-2010, 09:24 PM
RE: Re-touching history? - by GUNSLNGR - 06-30-2010, 12:38 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Crossroads - 06-30-2010, 10:59 PM
RE: Re-touching history? - by GUNSLNGR - 07-01-2010, 06:51 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by K K Rossokolski - 07-18-2010, 10:35 AM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Herr Straße Laufer - 07-18-2010, 11:08 PM
RE: Re-touching history? - by Crossroads - 07-19-2010, 12:38 AM

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