'pääsky' (swallow) might work as a direct translation for the 'swallow'
(thanks Hannele)
love the Me.262 profiles, very neat indeed and a nice surprise to see
the A.4 profiles look amazing, just the thing for the recent Airfix kit :)
Iv seen a note mentioning JG44 were in the process of training a pilot from Finland (as well as 2 from Hungary) at the wars end (interesting as Finland's war ended in 1944 after which they were ostensibly at war with Germany) il try track down its source but i think it was in a Finnish 'Sivet' magazine?
A number of Finns did continue the war against the Soviets after the end of the Continuation war and the subsequent Lapland war against the retreating German forces. I am assuming the pilot referred to was one of those, joining the Luftwaffe at the time of Finlands capitulation to the USSR. ?
again many many thanks for sharing your excellent artworks, kiitos, joe