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To: GeronL
"It is my belief that any commander that orders pilots out for combat in F2A-3’s should consider them lost before leaving the ground”.

I believe the 'Buffalo' is the plane he's talking about.

18 posted on 06/04/2014 8:58:06 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Yep, I went to the Wiki

they didn’t make it sound as bad as this article of course


20 posted on 06/04/2014 9:11:56 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: smokingfrog

Against German and Japanese aircraft, the Brewster Buffalo was junk, but the Finns used it effectively against Soviet aircraft.


22 posted on 06/04/2014 9:27:39 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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