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More on the Buffaloes in Finland
Posted by Tulio on Mon Jan 06, 2003 09:35:29 AM
In reply top Re: "An Arizona Buffalo" or " That's a Dusey!" posted by Tulio on Sun Jan 05, 2003 02:05:52 AM
I was doing some reading earlier, and found out that the Brewster Buffalo, shot down a total of 478 enemy aircraft during the Winter and the Continuation War.
A photo caption read ". . . these machines, largerly spurned by the Allies, flew very successfully against the Soviet's Lend-Lease aircraft arriving at the front from Murmansk. Their pilots claimed 33 Hurricanes shot down over a three-month period . . . "
They shot down 19 Russian a/c on 18April43 and 17 on 21April43!
I have always liked the Buffalo; it is so ugly, that it is kind of nice to look at after a while.
Saludos!
Tulio