2 September 1942
200-man strong enemy detacthment crosses lake Ontajärvi and captures the Ontajärvi village.
14.D counter-attacks and quickly takes back the village and surrounds the remaining enemy forces.
By evening, the enemy has been either destroyed or forced to retreat.
Finnish daily losses: 43
Patrol hunting Soviet desants. (Svir sector)
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3 September 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 21
Fiat G.50 returning from a sortie. (Rautu)
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4 September 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 11
Mortar firing at night. (Svir sector/IR 50)
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5 September 1942
LeLv 32's Curtiss-fighters down 11 enemy fighters over Lotinapelto with no own losses.
Finnish daily losses: 22
POW taken near Rukajärvi.
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6 September 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 26
General Waldemar Erfurth handing out Iron Crosses to Finnish soldiers.
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7 September 1942
The so-called "Vihti desant"
Kerttu Nuorteva is arrested in Helsinki.
Finnish daily losses: 22
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8 September 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 24
Lieutenant Eino Penttilä, a LRRP leader and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross #79. (Rukajärvi)
"On August 19th 1942 the Commander-in-Chief has appointed Lieutenant Eino Penttilä as Knight of the 2nd class Mannerheim Cross.
Lieutenant Penttilä was already distinguished as a veteran frontier jaeger
during the Winter War, and he has, in the ongoing war, continued to
reinforce his reputation as a man who, far behind the enemy's back,
ruthlessly and with intimidating confidence, strikes at the enemy where he
least expects it. His extraordinary skills in the wilderness, good use of
terrain and his ability to quickly assess any situation presented has allowed
his unit to return unscathed from most of their missions. His unfailing
courage, his strong sense of duty, and his abundant skills with given
assignments have created in his men an unshakable confidence in the face
of seemingly impossible tasks."