Lauri Pekuri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lauri Pekuri

Finnish flying ace

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1916

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Date of Death: 03-Aug-1999

Profession: military personnel, flying ace

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Lauri Pekuri (born November 6, 1916 in Helsinki, Finland, died August 3, 1999 in Spain) was a World War II fighter ace of the Finnish Air Force and a Finnish jet aircraft pioneer.
In 1942, Pekuri changed his name from Lauri Ohukainen.
This older name can still be found in aviation literature.