Hawk 75 Advertisement 1939

[GrauGeist]

Good Point! The Luftwaffe swastikas on the tail were cocked, like that one. The Finnish swastikas are horizontal.

And the Finns only used their national insignia on the fuselage and mainwing...the tails either had a unit number or more often, nothing at all.

 

[gumbyk]

Germany sold captured Hawk 75's to Finland.

I'll ask next time I see Mike for more info on the history of the aircraft.

 

[GrauGeist]

Germany sold captured Hawk 75's to Finland.

Not all.
They retained quite a few French 75s, some going to Reichlin, some going to their Fleigerschule and between 1940 and 1941, equipped III./JG77 with a full compliment until delivery of their Bf109Es. While they weren't used operationally, they were used for flight and instrument practice, keeping hours up to date in their logbook and other duties.
On the otherhand, virtually all of the Norwegian 75s went to Finland.

 

[Capt. Vick]

...and not on the tail.