21 October 1942
Finnish submarine "Vesihiisi" sinks Soviet submarine S-7 on the Sea of Åland. Four men are picked up from the sea including the submarine's commander Sergei Prokofjevitš Lisin.
Code:
21.10.1942
1926hrs - Submarine spotted bearing 195, heading 330. Speed about 12kts. Began attack on surface.
1941hrs - Tube #1 fired at a distance of about 3000 meters.
1942-1944hrs - Opened fire with our deck gun. Big explosion observed on the aft of the enemy submarine. Our shells had fallen short, so it must have been the torpedo. Submarine sank.
1946hrs - Oil slick spotted ahead of us, cries for help heard.
1947hrs - Began picking up survivors from the sea.
2010hrs - Picked up one officer and three crew. No further survivors observed.
2013hrs - Heading back to base.
Finnish Air Force forms a radio intelligence company.
Finnish daily losses: 16
German Flak-tower under construction in Rovaniemi.
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22 October 1942
Operation "House Elf" fails on Lake Ladoga.
The joint operation between Finnish, German and Italian forces aimed to capture the island of Suho on southern Ladoga. 61 men are lost in the operation.
German and Italian forces abandon their operations on Lake Ladoga, leaving four Italian MAS boats to Finnish use.
Finnish daily losses: 21
View from fire support position "Mascot". (Riihiö)
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23 October 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 20
Camouflaged Gloster Gladiator. (Hirvas)
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24 October 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 18
Foggy Nurmoila village.
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25 October 1942
Russian ambassador Boris Jartsev hints to a Swedish reporter that the Soviet Union might be interested in a separate peace with Finland. The information is passed on to Finland's President and Foreign Minister.
Finnish daily losses: 33
Burial of two Finnish soldiers killed in the Winter War whose bodies have only recently been recovered. (Viipuri)
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26 October 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 35
Men from an unspecified unit pose infront of their dugout. (Lempaala)
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27 October 1942
Finnish submarine "Iku-Turso" sinks Soviet submarine Štš-320 on the Sea of Åland. There are no survivors.
Code:
26.10.1942
1940hrs - Alarm! Enemy submarine spotted ~100 meters ahead of us, heading 320. It passed by within 30 meters. Opened fire on it with our 20mm Madsen cannon. After about 50 rounds we stopped firing since we lost the submarine, presumably it had dived. No hydrophone contact.
2030hrs - Hydrophone picked it up and we are following.
2351hrs - Enemy submarine broke surface. Ordered flank speed towards it.
2355hrs - Enemy submarine now completely surfaced, heading east.
2358hrs - Fired two bow tubes.
27.10.42
0000hrs - Opened fire with our Bofors gun. Five rounds.
0001hrs - Two torpedo hits observed, one amidship and the other aft. Enemy sank quickly. Continued towards the sinking site at flank speed.
0130hrs - "Vetehinen" arrived at the site as well.
0240hrs - Observed a large oil slick.
0315hrs - Began return trip to base.
Finnish daily losses: 15
Submarines "Vesihiisi" and "Iku-Turso" photographed in Toppila on July 14th, 1934.