Originally posted by Steven
Wow. Very informative thread. I was always under the impression the Buffalo was one of the major dogs of the war, though I always had great respect for the Hurricane. A few quotes really have me interested in learning more about the Buffalo...
Just from this thread (and others on this board), and the limited things I know about the Buffalo from genearl Pac war reading, it seems to me that the reputation that we Americans have for the Brewster is based on several factors that do not count when the Finns are looking at it. The planes has some differences. The Finnish Buffalo performed somewhat better than the US one (am I wrong here?), but more importantly, the USN/USMC Buffalos were fighting well trained exerienced Japanese Pilots, while being poorly trained with inferiour tactics themselves. Give em Spits, and I bet they still do poorly. Anyhow, that's the impression I have.
-Sikboy