WAR TRAILSOF THE NORTHSUOMI
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Laikon lentokenttä

Rautjärvi

Period
Winter War
Category
Fortification
Location accuracy
Approximate area

Dated from the museum's caption: Laikko sai lentokentän muistomerkin / kivi kertoo sota-aikaisesta lentotukikohdasta (source)

A defensive work recorded in the Finnish Heritage Agency's cultural environment register.

Safety

Linnoitusrakenteissa voi olla sortumavaara, avoimia aukkoja ja teräviä rakenteita. Älä laskeudu rakenteisiin ja pysy näkyvillä poluilla.

Land ownership and access restrictions

Kohde voi sijaita yksityisellä maalla. Noudata jokamiehenoikeuksia, älä vahingoita rakenteita äläkä kaiva maaperää.

Recorded casualties in the area

Rautjärvi
463
Simpele
269

The recorded place of death is usually a parish or village rather than an exact point, so the figure describes the area around the site. Names of the fallen are not shown.

Sotasampo · Kansallisarkisto, menehtyneet 1939–1945

Archive photographs nearby

Wartime photographs taken near this site.

Photographs: SA-kuva, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby

One site is rarely a trip on its own. These are the closest others.

Sources, licences and accuracy

Location accuracy: Approximate area

Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)