(1914-02-21)21 February 1914 Lieksa, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died
21 February 1999(1999-02-21) (aged 85) Tuusula, Finland
Allegiance
Finland
Service/branch
Finnish Air Force
Years of service
1932–1947
Rank
Sergeant Major
Unit
LeLv 24 LeLv 34
Battles/wars
World War II
Winter War
Continuation War
Awards
Mannerheim Cross, 2nd Class (2)
Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords
Cross of Liberty, 4th Class with Oak Leaves and Swords (2)
Medal of Liberty, 2nd Class
Iron Cross, 1st Class (Germany)
Iron Cross, 2nd Class (Germany)
Relations
Aarne Juutilainen (brother)
Other work
Professional pilot
Eino Ilmari "Illu" Juutilainen (21 February 1914 – 21 February 1999) was a fighter pilot of the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force), and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time. The top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force, he led all Finnish pilots in score against Soviet aircraft in World War II (1939–40 and 1941–44), with 94 confirmed aerial combat victories (he himself claimed further kills for a total of 126 victories, but these were unconfirmed) in 437 sorties.[1] He achieved 34 of his victories while flying the Brewster Buffalo fighter.[2]
One of the four double recipients of the Mannerheim Cross 2nd Class, Juutilainen was born in Lieksa, and died in Tuusula. His brother was the Finnish Army Captain Aarne Juutilainen, nicknamed "The Terror of Morocco".[3]
^Keskinen 1978, p. 4–7.
^Stenman and Thomas 2010, p. 85.
^Mäkelä, Jukka L. (1969). Marokon Kauhu [Terror of Morocco] (in Finnish). Porvoo: W. Söderström. OCLC 3935082.
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