While the use of a swastika in the Finnish Air Force Command insignia dates back to before Nazi Germany, 'continuing to use it was considered inappropriate and unnecessary.'
It was a Swedish count, though, who brought the shape to the Finnish Air Force in March 1918, just months after Finland declared its independence from Russia.
Count Eric von Rosen donated the air force its first plane, which featured a blue swastika on its wings – a good luck charm for von Rosen. Soon after, a blue swastika with a white background was emblazoned on all Finnish Air Force planes until 1945.While von Rosen's use of the swastika was not tied to Nazi Germany, his brother-in-law, Hermann Goering, was a close adviser to Hitler and convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials in 1946.
While the swastika was dropped from the Air Force Command logo, it remains on some decorations and unit flags. The BBC reported that the Finnish Air Force Academy logo also still features the swastika.
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