Paavo Daavid "Pate" Berg (23 November 1911, in

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– 1 November 1941, in

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fighter ace. He was the second most successful Finnish biplane fighter ace, scoring 10.5 victories (5 while flying

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s). The remaining 4.5 victories were with

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s. He was shot down and killed by anti-aircraft fire on 1 November 1941. Berg was accepted into the Cadet School in June 1931. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1935 and captain in 1940.

Victories

References

* Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari and Niska, Klaus. ''Hävittäjä-ässät (Finnish Fighter Aces)''. Espoo, Finland: Tietoteas, 1978. . (Finnish) * Stenman, Kari and Keskinen, Kalevi. ''Finnish Aces of World War 2 (Aircraft of the Aces 23)''. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1998. . Finnish Air Force personnel Finnish military personnel killed in World War II Finnish World War II flying aces 1911 births 1941 deaths Aviators killed by being shot down {{Finland-bio-stub