e/14th Searchlight Battery (Finland)

Information
has gloss	eng: 14th Searchlight Battery (Finnish: 14. Valonheitinpatteri (14.Vh.Ptri)) was a Finnish anti-aircraft searchlight battery formed from women of the Lotta Svärd organization ("searchlight lottas", Finnish: valonheitinlotat) at the end of the Continuation War. The battery was formed to free men for other tasks and was used in the air-defence of Helsinki. The battery was the only armed unit in Finnish Army made up from women that was organized as a military unit fit for combat duty. The searchlight battery was operational from late summer 1944 to the end of the Continuation War but did not see action.
lexicalization	eng: 14th Searchlight Battery
instance of	c/All-female units and formations

Meaning
Finnish
has gloss	fin: 14. Valonheitinpatteri oli jatkosodan lopulla muodostettu Lotta Svärd -järjestön lotista (valonheitinlotat) koottu valonheitinpatteri Helsingin ilmapuolustukseen. Lottien hoitama patteri vapautti miehiä muihin tehtäviin, jopa rintamalle. Kyseessä oli ainoa Suomen armeijan naisista kokoonpantu sotilaallisesti toimiva, taisteluvastuuta kantamaan tarkoitettu yksikkö. Valonheitinpatteri toimi loppukesästä 1944 lähtien jatkosodan loppuun asti, joutumatta kuitenkaan taistelutehtäviin.
lexicalization	fin: 14. Valonheitinpatteri

Media
media:img	Searchlight in Finland ww2.JPG