1/48 HOBBYMASTER (HA7009) BREWSTER F2A BUFFALO "Orange-4” (BW-364) - Eino Ilmari Juutilainen, Suulajarvi, Finland - 3rd Flight "Knight Flight" LeLv 24 - 1942 - FINNISH AIRFORCE (LIMITED EDITION of ONLY 1000)

1/48 HOBBYMASTER (HA7009) BREWSTER F2A BUFFALO "Orange-4” (BW-364) - Eino Ilmari Juutilainen, Suulajarvi, Finland - 3rd Flight "Knight Flight" LeLv 24 - 1942 - FINNISH AIRFORCE (LIMITED EDITION of ONLY 1000)The most famous Finnish pilot of WWII was Eino Ilmari "Illu" Juutilainen of 3rd Flight "Knight Flight" LeLv 24 (Fighter Squadron 24). Juutilainen flew “Orange 4” (BW-364) Brewster B239 between June 1941 and February 1943 with 28 victories. By the end of WWII he had accumulated a total 94 victories and twice won the Mannerheim Cross, the highest award in the Finnish Air Force. LeLv 24 managed 460 victories flying the Brewsters. The last flight of the Model B-239 in Finland was in September of 1948.