MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ilmari Juutilainen

1914 - 1999

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilmari Juutilainen has received more than 384,845 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ilmari Juutilainen is the 954th most popular military personnel (down from 767th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 66th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ilmari Juutilainen ranks 954 out of 2,058Before him are Hermann Breith, George Meade, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Winrich von Kniprode, Shurahbil ibn Hasana, and Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst. After him are Hans von Obstfelder, Jack Churchill, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Chris Kyle, Nikolai Berzarin, and Marcellin Marbot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Ilmari Juutilainen ranks 111Before him are Patrick O'Brian, Juan Carlos Onganía, George Reeves, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Kirill Kondrashin, and Vladimir Chelomey. After him are Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Erich Topp, Woody Strode, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Domènec Balmanya, and George Volkoff. Among people deceased in 1999, Ilmari Juutilainen ranks 85Before him are Michel Petrucciani, Peko Dapčević, Victor Mature, Alf Ramsey, Sylvia Sidney, and Shankar Dayal Sharma. After him are Joseph Heller, David Ogilvy, Aldo van Eyck, Roy Chiao, Karen Demirchyan, and Leon Štukelj.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ilmari Juutilainen ranks 92 out of 751Before him are Yrjö Väisälä (1891), Liisi Oterma (1915), Elissa Aalto (1922), Markku Alén (1951), Aimo Cajander (1879), and Minna Canth (1844). After him are Matti Järvinen (1909), Tapio Wirkkala (1915), Sanna Marin (1985), Pentti Linkola (1932), Rolf Nevanlinna (1895), and Arvid Horn (1664).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Finland

Among military personnels born in Finland, Ilmari Juutilainen ranks 3Before him are Simo Häyhä (1905), and Ernst Linder (1868). After him are Erik Heinrichs (1890), Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759), Hugo Österman (1892), Paavo Talvela (1897), Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905), Woldemar Hägglund (1893), Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893), Ali Aaltonen (1884), and Ruben Lagus (1896).