Finnish Aces of World War 2 - Osprey/Del Prado - Aircraft of the Aces 32 FOWR and Mike Chappell's excellent illustrations

and Mike Chappell's excellent illustrations provide key reference material for the contemporary uniforms and battledress

Replete with stunning artwork and specially commissioned maps

it saw active service with the panzer and panzer grenadier divisions until the end of the war

along with a brief aircraft history

with plastic bases

Finnish Aces of World War 2 - Osprey/Del Prado - Aircraft of the Aces 32 FOWR and Mike Chappell's excellent illustrationsAlways outnumbered by their Soviet counterparts, the small band of Finnish fighter pilots who defended their Scandinavian homeland from the 'communist hordes' in three separate wars between 1939 and 1945 amassed scores only bettered by the Luftwaffe's Jagdflieger. Initially equipped with a motley collection of biplane and monoplane fighters garnered from sources across the globe, the Finnish Air Force was thrust into combat in November 1939. Given