The Buffalo was “a sweet ship and could turn inside a phone booth” according to Pappy Boyington. He said they ruined it when they loaded it up with armor and heavy radios and weighed it down.
It was also the first Navy monoplane carrier fighter.
It was one of those planes that was just a little early.
The Buffalo aircraft even resembled an actual buffalo, a heavy lumbering beast, the name was a poor choice.
What killed Brewster was corrupt and incompetent management and labor union strikes and sabotage.