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Actual Wartime Photos  Page 8 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles

 

This is the sub-menu for the Finnish Wartime Photos Section

Page 1.   Recruits, Pre-war and training

Page 2.     Mortars,  Cannon,  Range Finders

Page 3.  Front line and daily life in the Finnish Army.

Page 4.   Armored vehicles and Tanks

Page 5.   Battlefields and more armored vehicles

Page 6.   Mail delivery during the war

Page 7.   Finnish Bicycle and Ski Troops

Page 8.   Planes, Trains,  Automobiles

Page 9.   Autos, Horses, Wagons, Sleds and Tractors

Page 10.   Photos of troops and buildings

Page 11.  Artillery, Tanks, Trucks

Page 12. Russian Prisoners, Mottis, Destroyed Vehicles

These photographs are in the Kregel Collection. They may not be copied or used without express

written permission of the owner, Marshall Kregel, and the KevOs4 Reenactment Group.

 

Wartime photos of a Finnish airplane practicing take-offs and landings.

Wartime photos of a Finnish airplane practicing take-offs and landings.

Finnish plane practicing take-offs and landings.

Finnish plane practicing take-offs and landings.

This plane has been identified as a French Morane.

Finnish plane practicing take-offs and landings.

Finnish plane practicing take-offs and landings.

 

Finnish ski troops inspecting a Russian plane. Notice the engine on top of the fuselage with a "pusher" propeller.

Finnish ski troops inspecting a Russian plane. Notice the engine on top of the fuselage with a "pusher" propeller.

Beriev MBR-2 flying boat on skis. Thank you, Lars!

Finnish Messerschmidt bf109 used during the Continuation War and on display in Finland

Finnish Messerschmidt bf109 used during the Continuation War and on display in Finland

Finnish Messerschmidt bf109 used during the Continuation War and on display in Finland

Finnish Messerschmidt bf109

Finnish Messerschmidt bf109 used during the Continuation War and on display in Finland

Early color picture of the plane on static display

Finnish Messerschmidt bf109 used during the Continuation War and on display in Finland

Finnish Messerschmidt bf109

Civilian trucks pressed into service

Civilian trucks pressed into service during the Continuation War

Finnish truck carrying a Russian plane back to be chopped up.

Finnish truck carrying a Russian plane back to be chopped up.

German soldiers investigating the crash of a Russian bomber in Finland

German soldiers investigating the crash of a Russian bomber in Finland

German soldiers holding up the landing gear of a downed Russian bomber in Finland

German soldiers holding up the landing gear of a downed Russian bomber in Finland

An over-crowded Finnish Army Truck. Can any more guys climb on?

An over-crowded Finnish Army Truck. Can any more guys climb on?

 

Tractors hauling trucks through the mud

Tractors hauling Finnish trucks through the mud

 

Finnish trucks sitting outside of a warehouse.

Finnish trucks sitting outside of a warehouse.

Abandoned Finnish vehicles litter a destroyed Finnish village.

Abandoned Finnish vehicles litter a destroyed Finnish village.

Rare look at an armored train

One of the two Finnish armoured trains during
Continuation War. Notice the anti-aircraft guns in this train, they replaced the earlier 76-mm mountain guns after Winter War. - Jarkko V.

Finn soldiers crowd around a captured Russian train.

Finnish soldiers crowd around a captured Russian train.

Close-up of Finnish train engineer

Close-up of Finnish train engineer

 

Civilians loading onto trains bound for Sweden

Civilians loading onto trains bound for Sweden

Red Cross or Hospital train standing on a siding

Red Cross or Hospital train standing on a siding

Finnish Train

 

Finnish train

A train sits destroyed by Russian bombs

Bomb Damage

A trainyard destroyed by Russian Bombs.

View from the cab of a truck looking at a "corduroy Road". The wooden box in the back of the forward truck is for sorting mail.

View from the cab of a truck looking at a "corduroy Road". The wooden box in the back of the forward truck is for sorting mail.

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Working on the truck. 

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Picture marked "Federal".

A truck adapted as a snowplow

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Riding the snowplow

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Going to need a new tire.

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One artillery wagon from armoured train attached to otherwise normal train. Finnish military started using wagons of its Railway Anti-aircraft Artillery Batteries (to which Armoured Trains were renamed in end of 1942) in this way in year 1943 to give some anti-aircraft defence to trains travelling in certain parts of railways. - 
Jarkko Vihavainen

Close-up of engineer on this Finnish train

Close-up of engineer on this Finnish train

 

Other Armored trains can be seen at:

Wartime Photos Page 4.

Finnish soldiers digging out a car stuck in mud

Finnish soldiers digging out a car stuck in mud

 

 

Finnish Ambulance

Finnish Ambulance

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