Messerschmitt Bf.109G - Finnish users, part one

The Finnish Air Force received their first Bf.109G in 1943. A total of 162 aircrafts of the type were ordered and the first one of the batch landed in Finland on 13th March 1943. Of the initial order, only 159 aircrafts could be taken into service as two of them were destroyed on their way to Finland, a G-6 and a G-8.
From those 159, forty-eight of them were G-2s, 109 were G-6s and two of them were G-8s. The Gustav still holds the record of being the most numerous aircraft that has served with the Finnish Air Force. It was nicknamed Mersu by popular speech, which was the same nickname for Mercedes-Benz cars, as their parent company produced the engine of the Gustavs.
They received the official code of MT plus a 3 digit identification number and the inclusion of the Gustav allowed Finnish pilots to face more successfuly the latest Soviet fighters during the Continuation War. The last of the Gustavs arrived in Finland on 20th August 1944, shortly before the Finnish Armistice with the Soviet Union.
During Continuation War they were assigned to 24th, 28th, 30th and 34th Squadrons and, they scored a total of 667 victories with the Gustavs only, with just 34 of them being lost to either enemy fighters or anti-aircraft fire. A further 16 of them were lost in accidents and other 8 of them were destroyed on the ground by enemy raids. Twenty-three pilots were killed.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_operational_history#Combat_service_with_Finland
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters