Hans Henrik "Hasse" Wind (30 July 1919, Ekenäs – 24 July 1995, Tampere) was a Finnish fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II, with 75 confirmed air...
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composer Given name or nickname: Hans Alfredson (born 1931), Swedish actor, film director, writer and comedian Hans Backe (born 1952), Swedish football...
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Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens...
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to counter this tactic. The top-scoring B-239 pilot was Hans Wind, with 39 kills. Lt Hans Wind, with six other Buffalos of LeLv 24, intercepted some 60...
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Edmund De Wind (1883–1918), Canadian/Irish war hero Edgar Wind (1900–1971), British historian Hans Wind (1919–1995), World War II flying ace Wind (band)...
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A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. As of 2020[update], hundreds of thousands of large turbines...
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1944. They were followed by Lentomestari Ilmari Juutilainen and Captain Hans Wind, who both received their second awards on 26 June 1944. These double-awardees...
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British historian Edmund De Wind (1883–1918), Canadian/Irish war hero Franz Ludwig Wind (1719–1989), Swiss sculptor Hans Wind (1919–1995), Finnish World...
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The Wind Rises (Japanese: 風立ちぬ, Hepburn: Kaze Tachinu, lit. 'The Wind Has Risen') is a 2013 Japanese animated biographical historical-drama film written...
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In the Soviet offensive of 1944 in the Karelian Isthmus, Finnish pilot Hans Wind shot down 30 Soviet aircraft in 12 days with his Bf 109 G. In doing so...
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