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It's really strange, since the crash itself doesn't even look that bad.
It's worth pointing out that the 500-550 kills number is the number confirmed by the Soviets. It's not like Simo Haya came back every day, saying something like "I shot 10 guys today" and that's what went down in history, these numbers were checked back and corrected via the Soviets. Also, this is only the number of guys he shot with his sniper rifle. He supposedly shot 200ish more guys with his SMG.
Simo Hayha, also known as White Death, the nickname was given to him by Red Army soldiers. One of the most legendary snipers in the history of modern warfare. It's alleged he killed between 500-550 Red Army soldiers in their invasion of Finland. He used an early series SAKO M/28-30 rifle with an iron sight as opposed to a scope like most other snipers had begun using as he feared the sun would reflect on the scope and give away his location. He would eat snow in order to hide his breath from enemy Red Army snipers and ensure his location was concealed. Before the war he mostly lived a quiet life on a farm in Finland but was a skilled hunter and marksman as the Commies would soon find out. His deeds became almost mythical to the Finnish armed forces and he became a symbol of dread to the Red Army.
On March 6th 1940 he was hit in the lower left jaw by an explosive round fired by a Red Army soldier but amazingly he was rescued by fellow Finnish soldiers and survived his injury. He lost consciousness and came back to himself the day Finland reached a peace agreement with the Soviet Union. He survived World War 2 and eventually lived to the ripe old age of 96, funnily enough he passed away in 2002 so he also lived to see the death of the Soviet Union.
And the image below is how he looked after recovering from his facial injury during the war.
And he did this in roughly 100 days of active service.
No wonder soviet soldiers came to fear this guy.
