| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | BW-372 |
| Military Code: | 5 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Brewster B-139 Buffalo |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Brewster B-139/239/339 Buffalo |
| Aircraft Version: | Brewster B-239 Buffalo |
| C/n (msn): | 39 |
| Operator Titles: | Finland - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Tiiksjärvi (closed)Map |
| Country: | Russia |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | 25 May 1942 |
| Photo from: | Juhani Sipilä Collection |
| Photo ID: | 427601 |
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Lauri Pekuri was shot down in this Brewster over the Soviet territory during the Second World War 25th June 1942. The wreckage was recovered from a lake in Russian Karelia in 1998. After 2008 preserved in Suomen Ilmavoimamuseo (Jyväskylä, Finland, EFJY). Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer V. Hollming. This photo was added on 4 January 2022, and has since been viewed 755 times. |