Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 Äijänmäki, Laukaa Finland

Finnish Air Force PLeLv 41 MT-401 24.01 1950

Pilot error, forgot to use the artificial horizont when flying in clouds. Sergeant Erkki Seppalainen lost his life when the aircraft hit the ground.
© hannu valtonen

The pilot was found in the wreckage of the aircraft in August the same year.

Belove: MT-401 photographed probably some time in 1946. Photo Olari Tiihonen, via Hannu Valtonen.