Finland's air force has quietly dropped the infamous swastika from its command insignia after critics called for it to be changed because of its links with Nazi Germany. But in a change first noticed by University of Helsinki academic Teivo Teivainen and reported by the BBC, the air force command has stopped using the unit emblem. Finland's air force has quietly dropped the infamous swastika from its command insignia after critics called for it to be changed because of its links with Nazi GermanyHowever, the emblem of the Finnish air force academy still features a swastika superimposed with a propeller. The swastika became associated with the Finnish air force after a Swedish nobleman, Count Eric von Rosen, gave a plane to Sweden's infant air force which featured a blue swastika painted on it. According to professor Teivainen, he was also a friend of Hitler and a brother-in-law of Herman Goring, Hitler's air force chief.

Source: Daily Mail July 01, 2020 20:19 UTC