Author Topic: the Brewster (Read 2446 times)

Panzzer · « **on:** August 12, 2005, 05:06:36 PM »

Since we've got a new wishlist forum, I'll add the Brewster... Please?

Finland bought 44 F2A-1 series Brewsters (export version 239), which started arriving in Finland in March 1940, but the Brewsters were too late for the Winter War. During 1941 - 43 the Finnish Air Force achieved 477 victories with the Brewsters with an exchange ratio of 32:1.

If you'd like to know more, please check the earlier thread on Brewster, the article Brewsters to Finland and the FAF in color site.

Fruda · « **Reply #1 on:** August 12, 2005, 09:49:18 PM »

I'd really like this. The Fins used Brewsters that didn't have all the extra armor, so they were more agile than the ones used by the U.S. Navy.

Brewsters, damnit!

ramzey · « **Reply #2 on:** August 12, 2005, 10:14:20 PM »

one squadron wiped out on during one flight of Battle of Midway

brewster can wait

Krusty · « **Reply #3 on:** August 12, 2005, 10:31:31 PM »

People cite the Fins whenever they say they want the Brewster. Sure the fins got kills in them. Doesn't mean the plane was any good. In fact the plane was OBSOLETE even by P40 standards. I guarantee it would be a hangar queen, nothing more.

SASMOX · « **Reply #4 on:** August 13, 2005, 12:51:44 AM »

We need this plane and some other early war planes to run early war historic setups.

krusty:

"I guarantee it would be a hangar queen, nothing more."

I believe, that you only fly in the MA?

mipoikel · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:27:22 AM »

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Originally posted by ramzey
one squadron wiped out on during one flight of Battle of Midway

brewster can wait

No it cant.

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Originally posted by Krusty
People cite the Fins whenever they say they want the Brewster. Sure the fins got kills in them. Doesn't mean the plane was any good. In fact the plane was OBSOLETE even by P40 standards. I guarantee it would be a hangar queen, nothing more.

Brewster was better than its counterparts in fin-rus frontier 41-42.
There is so many finnish AH players that we would see it even in MA.

Ofcourse if we get Brewster, we need also I-16.

ramzey · « **Reply #6 on:** August 13, 2005, 02:05:58 AM »

im not againt brewster at all

only one front where this fly show tigers claw was fin-rus

for this one we need more soviet planes first
also
i belive som other types of planes used in finland would be more interested and support o africa scenarios as well

SASMOX · « **Reply #7 on:** August 13, 2005, 02:21:07 AM »

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Originally posted by ramzey
im not againt brewster at all

for this one we need more soviet planes first
also

Yeah. We need opponents to Brewster.

I-16, I-15 (Tsaikka), Lagg3 and so on...

Maybe we someday see Fokkers, Fiats and Moranes....

Panzzer · « **Reply #8 on:** August 14, 2005, 04:44:19 AM »

Some pictures of Finnish Brewsters..

Hans Wind in his BW-393 (September 1943).

BW-376, profile by Jouni Rönkkö.

mipoikel · « **Reply #9 on:** September 28, 2005, 12:04:22 PM »

So what is status of this project?

1K3 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 28, 2005, 03:49:35 PM »

pls dont add the US Navy version of Brewster. It's a flop

And for Finland version... add it

Karnak · « **Reply #11 on:** September 28, 2005, 03:53:51 PM »

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Originally posted by 1K3
pls dont add the US Navy version of Brewster. It's a flop

And for Finland version... add it

Add both or neither. If you add the Finnish version it'll be added to scenarios against the Japanese even though it far out performs the Buffaloes they faced and if the USN version is added the Finns will get a crippled version.

Furball · « **Reply #12 on:** September 28, 2005, 04:01:10 PM »

you brought a whole 44?!!?!

OMG WHY ISNT THIS AIRCRAFT IN ACES HIGH?!!??!

Panzzer · « **Reply #13 on:** October 08, 2005, 05:33:51 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
you brought a whole 44?!!?!

Yes. Actually "bought".

But that was a lot of planes - in Finland, and against the northern Russian border.

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OMG WHY ISNT THIS AIRCRAFT IN ACES HIGH?!!??!

Yes, why not???
It's American, after all.

frank3 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:35:33 AM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
People cite the Fins whenever they say they want the Brewster. Sure the fins got kills in them. Doesn't mean the plane was any good. In fact the plane was OBSOLETE even by P40 standards. I guarantee it would be a hangar queen, nothing more.

I must agree, the kills were probably Ju-52's, quite an easy kill, even for the Brewster (it's armament is quite good though)

During the battle of Holland, the Fokker fighters took out a large number of Ju-52's, making it look like the the fighter scored much better than the 109 of that time!