Paavo, Oscar Elinor.

Biography

k-Paavo, Oscar Elinor. (Paave); Finnish American; Domicile Canterbury, Connecticut; Sailed October 20, 1937 aboard the Queen Mary; Arrived in Spain via Massanet on October 31, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Mackenzie-Papineau BN; Executed by a Republican firing squad on April 21, 1938; One of three Finns executed on charges of rape.
Sources: Sail; Figueres List; Finnish, MPE.