Author Topic: Time for the Brewster? (Read 10735 times)

DB603 · « **Reply #165 on:** September 15, 2002, 04:58:52 AM »

S!

Brewster to AH!

Jack55 · « **Reply #166 on:** September 16, 2002, 01:58:09 AM »

Goooo brewster!

Xjazz · « **Reply #167 on:** September 19, 2002, 08:21:53 AM »

GOSH! IL2 get Brewster!

When we get it?!

Puudeli · « **Reply #168 on:** September 19, 2002, 09:57:16 AM »

YES!!

please

give us the brewster!!!!

we wont stop this until we have the brewster!!

so give us the brewster! please :/

BlauK · « **Reply #169 on:** September 26, 2002, 02:41:47 AM »

Did you know that the last 8 Brewsters had a difficult trip to Finland???

By the time they were ready and test flown, the Swedish government somehow realized that maybe they were not being very neutral by helping Finns to get war planes. (Not my thought.. quote from a book) They did not give the Brewsters a permission to fly to Finland and denied them to be fuelled.

The next day when the airbase personel went for lunch, the Finnish pilots ordered a Shell fuel truck to the airbase, fueled the planes, asked the guy to send the bill to Finnish Embassy in Stockholm... and took off heading toeards Stockholm and then to Finland

When they were crossing the Swedish coast, the A-A began shooting at them.. not very accurately though. (Probably they just had to show off and did not really even want to try any hits).

So it might have happend that Finns had only got 36 Brewsters.....

BUT, please give us the ONE Brewster we wish for... the one in AH!!!!!

julle · « **Reply #170 on:** September 26, 2002, 07:09:50 AM »

I red the same book by Robert A. Winston. And I remember that the Swedes wanted the last Brewters for themselves. It was aticipated that Sweden was next on Stalin´s list. After Finland would be finished with. Fortunately for the free world the Russians never could beat the Finns. Actually the episode of the last Brewsters broke out when Finland stated that they would not return those Bofors AA guns defending Helsinki which were loaned from Sweden. The Swedes counted that the AA guns were of more value...

I can of course remember uncorrectly.

~~julle~~

BlauK · « **Reply #171 on:** September 26, 2002, 07:24:46 AM »

Julle,

U is probably RIGHT

.... because it happened after the Winter War had already ended. Sounds quite reasonable that the Swedes would want their loaned A-A guns back

Elk · « **Reply #172 on:** September 26, 2002, 10:39:04 AM »

Fighter Tactics Academy Article - Brewsters To Finland

On page 5 of that article it is comfirmed that that was the case julle.

Elk

julle · « **Reply #173 on:** September 26, 2002, 10:42:37 AM »

U mean this: "In the morning of the 17th Winston test-flew six more aircraft. Bremer ordered all aircraft to be armed and fully fueled for the ferry flight to Finland. Count Sparré wanted to keep the aircraft for the defence of the Saab Aircraft Factory. Bremer called the Finnish Embassy at Stockholm and they replied that Finland wouldn't return the Bofors AAA guns that Sweden had loaned to Finland, if the Brewsters were not allowed to take off from Trollhättan. Sparré made a selection - and let the Brewsters go. The Finns called the local Shell station and refueled the aircraft during lunch hour."?

julle

BW-355 "NOKA" donated by the Finnish NOKIA Company http://www.nokia.com

crowbaby · « **Reply #174 on:** October 02, 2002, 05:52:36 AM »

i'm converted,

I think those persistent Finns have made this plane come alive for those of us who read these boards.

It's got a ton of character and plenty of remarkable stories attached to it and that's mostly why we fly the planes we fly, whether it be the spitfire, zero or me109. It's also got a place in scenarios, not just Finland, but early war PTO as well.

So, much as i'd like to see an early model P38, first i've got to say ADD THE BREWSTER!

(maybe Nokia would sponsor it - send a case of Koskenkorva to Hitech?)

straffo · « **Reply #175 on:** October 02, 2002, 06:05:42 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by julle

How can you live without this?

julle

yes

but I'm not Suomi

BlauK · « **Reply #176 on:** October 02, 2002, 06:06:10 AM »

Wow... our campaign is starting to work. Welcome to "True Believers"

There is also a rumour of a Finnish-Russian CT map. Brewster IS needed there

Xjazz · « **Reply #177 on:** October 02, 2002, 07:25:53 AM »

I... had... a... dream.... last... night...

I... see... the... light.....

kanttori · « **Reply #178 on:** October 02, 2002, 11:43:24 AM »

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(maybe Nokia would sponsor it - send a case of Koskenkorva to Hitech?)

ROFL! What a Great Idea crowbaby!:D

But I think after they had drink all the Koskenkorva Vodka in HTC they cannot do anything in one month...

Xjazz · « **Reply #179 on:** October 04, 2002, 03:09:45 AM »

IL2 Forgotten Bottles (Yeah, its friday) will have Brewster!

When we get our own flying beerbarrell?!

Nice shots from IL2center.

(Oops! Wrong url!)

Please HTC!