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| Date: | Monday 12 February 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 2./LLv 26 Suomen ilmavoimat |
| Registration: | GL-251 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kuluntalahti -
 Finland
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
The vänrikki Pentti Siirilä of 2./LLv.26 was killed in the crash of his Gladiator II GL-251 near Kuluntalahti during a training flight. This aircraft arrived in this unit on 18 January and had flown 37 hours before its destruction.
Sources:
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_finland.htm
http://www.airwar.ru/history/locwar/finland/fin_losses/f_losses.html
http://kronos.narc.fi/menehtyneet/index.php?id=2661&raportti=1
https://mapcarta.com/13646528
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2017 13:37 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 16-Feb-2021 18:11 | Lelek | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator, ] |
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