Brewster Buffalo
Brewster Buffalo
I hope that you will find this story about the recovery of an original Brewster Buffalo as interesting as I did. Amazing!
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Do you know that the early model Buffalo was just about as good as a Zero? It wasn't until armor plating and self-sealing tanks that it fell behind.... Interesting factoid.
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I remembered reading that years ago.Teamski wrote:Do you know that the early model Buffalo was just about as good as a Zero? It wasn't until armor plating and self-sealing tanks that it fell behind.... Interesting factoid.
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Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!
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Hey Ski, I honestly did not know that. I knew that the Finns had used the BB very effectively against Russian Rata's in the winter war of 1939-40, but I always thought it was hopelessly outclassed by the Zero, I guess it must have been the later models, the extra weight of the armor and SS fuel tanks adversely affecting it's performance.Do you know that the early model Buffalo was just about as good as a Zero? It wasn't until armor plating and self-sealing tanks that it fell behind.... Interesting factoid.
Gen. George S. Patton Jr., 28th Regimental Colonel, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army, "Blood and Steel"
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No, I never would've thought that! Very interesting, thanks for sharing!Do you know that the early model Buffalo was just about as good as a Zero? It wasn't until armor plating and self-sealing tanks that it fell behind.... Interesting factoid.
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I believe I read that in Martin Caiden's Ragged, Rugged Warriors many, many years ago.....JimBob55 wrote:No, I never would've thought that! Very interesting, thanks for sharing!Do you know that the early model Buffalo was just about as good as a Zero? It wasn't until armor plating and self-sealing tanks that it fell behind.... Interesting factoid.
JimBob
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