Finnish Air War 1939-1940, 1941-1944

Introduction:

The Finnish Air War or FAW for short is finished after 6 years work!

Our goal was to simulate the air war between Finland and The Soviet union during World War Two as realistic as possible using the flight-simulator European Air War. FAW can be played in Single missions, campaign or in Multiplayer.

FAW is a community project by: Edward, FreddyB, Illu, Knegel, Knug, Neira and vonOben.
A lot of other people in the community have contributed with their work and it wouldn't have been possible without them! Thanks a lot!

There are tree campaigns in FAW:
The Winter War: November 30, 1939 - March 13, 1940
The Continuation War: June 25, 1941 - May 8, 1944.
The Summer 1944 Soviet offensive: May 14, 1944 - September 4, 1944. In this campaign it's also possible to fly for the Germans.

The Winter War, November 30, 1939-March 13, 1940

Historical background:

In 1939 Finland was no real threat to the Soviet Union, but with the Finnish border barely 50 miles from Leningrad, the naval bases in Finland could control the Gulf of Finland and restrict Soviet naval activities in the Baltic.

The Soviet Union, with 23 divisions, 460,000 troops and 900 planes attacked Finland along a 900-mile front without a declaration of war in November 30, 1939. The Finnish Air Force had approximately 300 aircraft in 28 squadrons of which 114 were combat-ready. Most aircraft was outdated and the only modern fighter was the Fokker DXXI and the only modern bomber was the Bristol Blenheim. Compared to the size of the country and the number of enemy planes, the strength of the Finnish Air Force was too small. During December the Finns purchased new fighter aircraft and the first to arrive were Italian Fiat G50s, Gloster Gladiators biplanes and Morane-Saulnier MS 406s.

The Finnish fighters were mainly used to defend the home front and the bombers to pinpoint attacks, usually in small formations. By early March the Finnish military was close to a total collapse, and. Finland was saved by agreeing to the Soviet peace terms which was signed on March 13, 1940.

In The Winter war the FAF shot down 190-280 enemy aircraft and lost 35-62 planes.

The planes in the "Winter War 1939-1940" campaign:

Finnish planes:


Blenheim I (Bf 110G slot). LLv 44. Skin by FreddyB, 3dz by Captain Kurt.	Blenheim IV (Me 410A slot). LLv 46. Skin by FreddyB, 3dz by Captain Kurt.

Fiat G50 (FW 190A slot). LLv 26. Skin: Patrick Grand-Chavin and Illu, 3dz: Captain Kurt and Illu.	Fokker CX (Ju 87 B slot). LLv10. Skin by Edward, 3dz by Karel Chvojka.

Fokker DXXI (Me 262A slot). LLv12. Skin by Edward, 3dz by Karel.	Gloster Gladiator (FW 190 D slot). LLv 26. HR skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Jan Tuma.

Morane Saulnier 406 (Bf 110 C slot). LLv28. HR Skin by DeanH and Flying Tiger, 3dz by Col. Gibbon.

Soviet Union planes:


Ilyushin DB-3 (B 26 slot). Unknown unit. Skin and 3dz by Karel Chvojka.	Polikarpov I-16 (Hurricane slot). Unknown unit. Skin by Steve Day, 3dz by Captain Kurt.

Polikarpov I-153 (Spitfire XIV slot). 71 IAP. Skin and 3dz by Captain Kurt.	Tupolev SB-2 (Mosquito slot). Unknown unit. Skin by Karel Chvojka, 3dz by Captain Kurt mod. by Karel C.

Tupolev TB-3 (B17 slot). Generic Paint scheme. Skin and 3dz by Karel Chvojka.

The Continuation War, June 25, 1941 - September 4, 1944

Historical background:

In the summer of 1940 when the Soviet Union annex Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the Finns believed they were next. By the spring of 1941, the Finnish military was co-operating with the German high command in planning for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, scheduled for June 1941. Three days into the war, Soviet pilots bombed German positions in Finland. Which gave Finland a reason to declare war on the Soviet Union.

An initial offensive in the first months of the war re-establishing the 1939 boundaries, after that the front didn't move much in either direction. The Finnish Air Force made interception missions of attacking Soviet bombers and their escorts, ground support operations and reconnaissance/transport flights mainly in the southeastern part of Finland. At the beginning of the Continuation War, the Finns had 6 squadrons of 126 fighters as 33 Brewster B-239s, 26 Fiat G.50s, 27 Morane-Saulnier MS.406s, 18 Twin-Wasp engined Fokker D.XXIs and 12 Mercury engined Fokker D.XXIs. The first new Messerschmitt Bf 109 G2 fighters arrived in March, 1943 and the first Bf 109 G-6s arrived in May, 1944.
In the summer of 1944 a massive Soviet offensive started on June 9 and Marshall Mannerheim asked for assistance from Germany. Already on June 16 detachment Kuhlmey flew to Finland with 32 Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers and 32 Focke Wulf 190 fighters. After repelling all Russian attacks the Finnish government decided to end their role in the war and an armistice was signed in September 1944.

The 109 G fighters were the most victorious Finnish plane in the Continuation war, 162 Bf 109 Gs saw service and they shot down 663 enemies. The second most victorious plane was the Brewster B-239 Buffalo, 44 planes saw service and they shot sown 478 enemies.

Finnish planes in the "Continuation War 1941-1944" campaign:


Brewster Buffalo 239 (Bf 109E slot). 4LeLv 24. Skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Captain Kurt.	BF 109G-2 (BF 109G slot). LeLv 34. HR skin and updated 3dz by Illu.

Blenheim I (Bf 110G slot). PLeLv 48. Skin by FreddyB, 3dz by Captain Kurt.	Blenheim IV (Me 410A slot). LeLv 48. Skin by FreddyB, 3dz by Captain Kurt.

Curtis Hawk (Bf 109K slot). LeLv32. HR skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Rotton50.	Dornier 17Z-2 (Ju 88C slot). LeLv48. Skin: Flying Tiger, 3dz by Karel Chvojka.

Fiat G50 (FW 190A slot). HLeLv 26. Skin by Patrick Grand-Chavin, 3dz by Captain Kurt.	Fokker CX (Ju 87 B slot). Skin and 3dz by Karel Chvojka.

Fokker DXXI (Me 262A slot). Skin and 3dz by Karel.	Gloster Gladiator (FW 190 D slot). LeLv 16. HR skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Jan Tuma.

Junkers 88A (Ju 88A slot). PLeLv 44. HR Skin by DeanH, 3dz by Col. Gibbon.	Morane Saulnier 406 (Bf 110 C slot). HR Skin by DeanH, 3dz by Col. Gibbon.

Tupolev SB-2 (He 111H slot). Skin by Karel Chvojka, 3dz by Captain Kurt mod. by Karel C.

Finnish and German planes in the "Summer 1944 Soviet offensive" campaign:


Brewster Buffalo 239 (Bf 109E slot). 4LeLv 24. Skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Captain Kurt.	BF 109G-2 (BF 109G slot). LeLv 24. HR skin and new 3dz by Illu.

BF 109G-6 (Me 262A slot). 3/HLeLv 24. HR Skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Mr. Johnson.	Blenheim I (Bf 110G slot). PLeLv 48. Skin by FreddyB, 3dz by Captain Kurt.

Blenheim IV (Me 410A slot). PLeLv 48. Skin by FreddyB, 3dz by Captain Kurt.	Curtis Hawk (Bf 109K slot). LeLv32. HR skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Rotton50.

Dornier 17Z-2 (Ju 88C slot). PLeLv48. Skin: Flying Tiger, 3dz by Karel Chvojka.	Focke Wulf 190A-6 (FW 190A slot).II./JG 54. HR Skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Mr. Johnson.

Focke Wulf 190F-8 (FW 190D slot). I/SG5. HR Skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Mr. Johnson.	Ilyushin DB 3F/ IL-4 (He 111H slot) LeLv 48. Skin and 3dz by Karel Chvojka.

Junkers 87D-5 (Ju 87 slot). I/SG3. HR Skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Col. Gibbon.	Junkers 88A (Ju 88A slot).PLeLv 44. HR Skin by DeanH, 3dz by Col. Gibbon.

MS 406 (Bf 110C slot).1/HLeLv 28 HR Skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Col. Gibbon.

Soviet Union planes in the "Continuation War 1941-1944"campaign and the
"Summer 1944 Soviet offensive" campaign:


Curtiss P-40E (Tempest slot). 154 IAP. HR skin by Flying Tiger. 3dz by Captain Kurt.	Douglas A-20 (B-17 slot). Unknown unit. HR skin by FreddyB. 3dz by Captain Kurt.

Hurricane II (P-38H slot). 152 IAP. HR skin by Illu, 3dz by Col. Gibbon edited by Illu.	IL-2 (P-47D slot). Unknown unit. Skin by Steve Day, 3dz by Charles Gunst.

Ilyushin IL-4 (B 26 slot) Unknown unit. Skin and 3dz by Karel Chvojka.	La-5 (Typhoon slot). Unknown unit. Skin by Steve Day, 3dz by Captain Kurt.

LaGG-3 (Spitfire II slot). 9 IAP. Skin by Flying Sheep, 3dz by Tailspin and Flying Sheep.	Mig-3 (P-38J slot). 7 IAP. Skin by Flying Sheep, 3dz by Tailspin and Captain Kurt.

P-39 (P-51D slot). 103 GIAP. HR skin by Illu, 3dz by Col. Gibbon.	Petlyakov Pe-2 (B-24 slot). Unknown unit. Skin by Flying Tiger, 3dz by Karel Chvojka.

Polikarpov I-16 (Hurricane slot). 4 GIAP. Skin by Steve Day, 3dz by Captain Kurt.	Polikarpov I-153 (Spitfire XIV slot). 7 IAP. Skin and 3dz by Captain Kurt.

Tupolev SB-2 (Mosquito slot). Unknown unit. Skin by Karel Chvojka, 3dz by Captain Kurt mod. by Karel C.	Yak-1 (P-51B slot). 3 GIAP. Skin: Patrick Grand-Chavin, 3dz: Tailspin, Captain Kurt, PGC.

Yak-7 (P-47C slot). 156 IAP. Skin by Flying Sheep, 3dz by Tailspin,Capt.Kurt and Col.Gibbon.	Yak-9 (Spitfire IX slot). 113 GIAP. Skin by FreddyB, 3dz by Tailspin and Col. Gibbon.

Screens and Movies


Introduction movie by Neira.	Main screen by vonOben.

Finnish aircraft selection screen - Winter War by Knug.	Finnish aircraft selection screen - Continuation War by Knug.

Finnish aircraft selection screen - Summer 1944 by Knug.	Soviet aircraft selection screen - Winter War by Knug.

Soviet aircraft selection screen - Continuation War by Knug.	Soviet aircraft selection screen - Continuation War by Knug.

Finnish hangar screen - Winter War by Knug.	Finnish hangar screen - Continuation War by Knug.

Soviet hangar screen - Winter War by Knug.	Soviet hangar screen - Continuation War by FreddyB.

Ground objects


Country houses by Illu.	Winter trees by Illu.

The new Finnish world


The map used for the Tile layout (EAW.tm).	Summer terrain by vonOben.

Winter terrain by vonOben.

Downloads:

Finnish Air War for EAW 1.26e

Finnish Air War (FAW) contains a comprehensive set of files which enable you to simulate, with a fair degree of realism, the air war over Finland in 1939-1940 and 1941-1944, using Microprose's classic flight-simulator, European Air War.
FAW can be played either in single missions, or by using a specially written campaign.
Main feautres:
* FAW Manager Program (FAWMan.exe) which automatically changes the frontlines and other files according to the date.
* 40 different aircraft types and variants with individual engine sounds are included.
* Realistic flight- and damage models EAWrp2.6V10.
* 3 different campaigns: Winter War 1939-1940 Continuation War 1941-1944 The Summer 1944 Soviet offensive: May 14, 1944 - September 4, 1944.
* 44 careers are available: 25 Finnish, 3 German and 39 for The Soviet Union.
* Careers with 56 historical missions.
* 32 different frontlines cover the three campaigns.
* A new world with airbases and targets accurately placed.
* 3 terrain sets are included: summer, autumn and winter.
* Ground forces with trenches, artillery and bunkers that follow the frontline movements.
* War damage will show after the heavy battles at the Karelian Isthmus.
* Simple and easy set-up procedure.

Changes in version 1.01:
* GRT_*** files in German speech folder updated to latest versions.
* Necessary music folders are now created when extracting FAW.
* Savedata folder are created when extracting FAW if not already present.
* Corrected Loadout.dat, Sqgr43.dat and Sqgr44.dat so WGr21 is not used, since WGr21 was not used by FAF.
* Grnd13h.tpc and Grnd13hs.tpc were missing in Ground objects winter folder.
* Tmod00_s.3dz was missing in Ground objects war damage folder.
* Updated FAW Readme file.

Changes in version 1.02:
* Grnd30d and Grnd30h were missing in G-Ground objects 1939 start folder.
* Grnd56d was missing in G-Ground objects winter.
* New more historical accurate skins for 190A-6 and 190F-8 added.
* Updated FAW Readme file.

Download Readme file

Size: 180 MB
By: vonOben and others.
January 10, 2009 First release.
January 17, 2009 Updated to version 1.01.
February 06, 2009 Updated to version 1.02.

Finnish Air War for EAW 1.28e

Finnish Air War (FAW) contains a comprehensive set of files which enable you to simulate, with a fair degree of realism, the air war over Finland in 1939-1940 and 1941-1944, using Microprose's classic flight-simulator, European Air War.
FAW can be played either in single missions, or by using a specially written campaign.
Main feautres:
* FAW Manager Program (FAWMan.exe) which automatically changes the frontlines and other files according to the date.
* 41 different aircraft types and variants with individual engine sounds are included.
* Realistic flight- and damage models EAWrp2.6V10.
* 3 different campaigns: Winter War 1939-1940 Continuation War 1941-1944 The Summer 1944 Soviet offensive: May 14, 1944 - September 4, 1944.
* 44 careers are available: 25 Finnish, 3 German and 39 for The Soviet Union.
* Careers with 56 historical missions.
* 32 different frontlines cover the three campaigns.
* A new world with airbases and targets accurately placed.
* 4 terrain sets are included: summer, autumn, winter and hard winter.
* Ground forces with trenches, artillery and bunkers that follow the frontline movements.
* War damage will show after the heavy battles at the Karelian Isthmus.
* Simple and easy set-up procedure.

Improvements in the 1.28d version:
* FAW updated to fully work with 1.28d.
* New flyable planes in Finnish single missions: Blenheim IV, Ju 88A, Hurricane I.
* New flyable planes in Soviet single missions: Douglas A-20.
* New Ju 87 HR cockpit by Sera.
* New Hard winter terrain with frozen sea.
* New ground objects that were needed for 1.28d: Finnish fuel truck and Finnish open truck.
* Ju 87 error in planes.dat corrected: The ammo count was zero, so the guns wouldn’t fire.
* Many minor skin and 3dz improvements for the planes.
* Individually engine sounds for all planes.
* Improved FAW Manager that use the new folder system in EAW. Autumn terrain is now automatically loaded.
* All needed files for German Career/Single missions are now included in FAW.
* War damage will show up automatically at historically accurate places and will increase over time.
* Battle area targets that will show up around the frontline to give more realism.
* Improved campaign files to give better campaign play.
* More Winter hangar screens included.
* Some files were accidentally left out of FAW 1.02 and they are now included: Knug’s cardpack and a winter skin for the Castle.

Improvements in the 1.28e version:
* FAW updated to fully work with 1.28e.
* FM/DM updated to 1.28e standard by Knegel.
* Some minor skin and 3dz improvements for some of the planes.
* New action codes implemented for planes with moving flaps: Gladiator, Curtis 75 and P40.
* Some skins were accidentally left out of earlier FAW versions and they are now included: Fokker CX winter version with ski for 1941, Blenheim IV skin for 1944, Bf 109 G2 skin for 1944.
* Some screens updated to better image quality.
* 47 single missions based on historical events included.
* Terrain fix: Purple spots in some of the winter coast terrain tiles on ATI video cards. Fixed with additional bmp’s.
* Some minor bugs corrected.

Improvements in the 1.28e update version:
* Target files updated for Online flying, so the rearm feature can be used.
* Problem with wrong skin/3dz for I-153 (slot 1) in the Winter War corrected.
* Problem with Finnish skin/3dz showing up for moving ground objects on Soviet side corrected.
* Aircraft mini pics updated to better quality.
* I-153 winter hangar added.
* Improved 3dz/skin for TB-3.
* Improved and corrected the tile map (EAW.tm).
* A specific Tarnames.str added for online play.

Download FAW 1.28e Readme file

Size: 148 MB
By: vonOben and others.
March 13, 2011

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Finnish Air War 1939-1940, 1941-1944

Introduction:

The Winter War, November 30, 1939-March 13, 1940

Historical background:

The planes in the "Winter War 1939-1940" campaign:

Finnish planes:

Soviet Union planes:

The Continuation War, June 25, 1941 - September 4, 1944

Historical background:

Finnish planes in the "Continuation War 1941-1944" campaign:

Finnish and German planes in the "Summer 1944 Soviet offensive" campaign:

Soviet Union planes in the "Continuation War 1941-1944"campaign and the "Summer 1944 Soviet offensive" campaign:

Screens and Movies

Ground objects

The new Finnish world

Downloads:

Soviet Union planes in the "Continuation War 1941-1944"campaign and the
"Summer 1944 Soviet offensive" campaign: