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Brewster 339-23 Buffa/o
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BREWSTER F2A-3 Bl-FFALO (BrwticrModelB-439)
Originally designed ax ihe B-239 by Dayton T Brawn artdRb MacCan of the Brewer Aeronautical Corporation in 1936, ihv Buffalo tvolwd into a xlightly larger aircraft, the R-33'J exportversion, *yiteaJdaionofBrHLw-::K^f:<(i;,mi>Mm(>nfs.
wh a\- •.; larger fuel tank, armmu-pian^ ,M.-i bigger engine, fa 1941. the US Navvplaced an order far lift oi :.ht.'. cxwn-v^ruonat the
Buffalo, which w<st ,0 hs named An F2A-3 (Brwsier Model B-43'J). A*.war, a* anJerxfor 'he RAi-, H4A!>. RNIAFand R Neth Indies Army had been completed, ihu USNaw order wax fulfilled
'foe F2AJ had the GR-!82Q-G3(i5A angina rated ai i200 h p. for take-off and lOQQh.p. at I-1.200 ft. Slight mcrfflcatiam to the annaurrLiuiix and t/.--light
hy 9m f22-X6&njfor "Cenire oj Gravity" reasons ware the only pif.'ior dijieretican. In addition, trie retention of the heavier armamem of the earlier US vvrxiunx, which carried four 5i!>n
II 2.7mm) gam instead of four .303 in (7.7mm) guns, meant that the F2A-1 vox still flower and less mariaeuverahle than the F2A-2.
As a remit, the. F2A-3 Buffnin nnly saw very limited service with the 1,'tifv and i/WC, he fore production wax ternnnaied in March 1942.
By Decanter 1941, only ikrw .w/yfidmnx were operating the F2A-3; VF-2, VK-201 anil one f/.£ Marine Corps squadron. Marine Figfaing Squadron Two rivniirvd Twenty One r>V.--_
remaining F2A.< were *przadover nxmewus framing, and utfar taciiiSicx m the U,S.
As the Navy squadrons iramnionedfrGm the F2A Jo the F4F. the Bvtfalos were axxigned 10 the U.S. Marine Carpt. Two Marine squadron.*, VMF-2H and VMF-221 operate
The only U.S. xtfitodmn to see combat with the F2A was VMF-221 which had bean orgaiih.'d at ,V> V sv«v D'ugj California nn II .My 1941.
On Sunday, 7 December 194}. t'ncairtrq/i carrier 11SS Saratoga (C.V-3) arrived at San Diego from Bnimerton, Waxhi-n^ion und gm underway the next day with f-?,^-,V ' --_
Saraioga arrived & Peart Harbor, Territory of Hawaii on 15 December and siappud only long enough to refttal. A detachment nf \-'MF~'221 wax xerti aboard and ihe *tup ffx _
reinforce the Marine garrison nn Wake Ixlartd. However, the Saratoga force was delayed by the low speed if its oiler and hy a decision to rcfii<:S dustmyerx on 21 Decoder .
mporrx of.Japanese landing!, on Wake, the force wax recalled on 22 December.
On 25 December, ihe F2A'3'.\ ]>%iF-221 were launched and landed on Midway Islands to became pan of the defense force.
A* she Baltic of Midway approached, VMF-221 was augmented wirh the arrival ofaddilionai aircraft; by the end of May 1942, VMf-221 had 21 F2A-3 '5'; aria
At (J555 hours local on-t June J9-/2, Midway radar picked up "many" aircraft bearing 310 degrees. 89 miles (143 km) distance. '}wentyfiveaf!ke2% '<~}.^-~~-. minultix in tv/ojbrmaiions; ihe first formation consisted of seven F2A-3's andfne F4F-3'x while the second had 12 F2A-3 'sand one F-tF-3. The firs! grcv & ."
atCQMfitgJapanese aircraft when (hey wen? jOwiivx (48 km) out from Midway, Jlisy dove an the anetnv and were sofwjfiined by the second group c/1; *A&wz 3
Marines learned thai the Buffalo wax nn match for the Mitsubishi A6M Navy Type Zero Carrier Fighter, Allied Cods Name "Zeke. " Thirteen F2A-? ? ^M m ^rf
jijieen ptiots vert: killed: only two at VMF-221's remaining 13 aircraft werE.fyabte. One of the pilots who xurvived the battle, Captam Ph^tp ?L -%»- j««s-'««t. ""*• »m»»
carfimandsT who arcL'rx pilots nw for comhat in an F2A should consider the piloi ax lost before leaving !he ground."
This was the Buffalo's tail combat with U.S.fotves in World War 11; the aircraft was relegated tu training (hates in the U.S. for ihe n
li'chnical details:
Length. 26ft Jin (8.02m)
St'ingxpan 35jt Oin (i()'.67mj
Height: 12ft tin (3.68m)
MaisfKed: 32Jmph (516km'hj at I6.5QOfi (5.030m)
Max range: 965 miles fl,5S3bn}
History /votes by Chris Hughes UK
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F4F Wikka^teouny Buffglo byly pfedany jednotkfcn U.S. Marine Corps. Dvfi penitc
byte vyrvofena na zakladne NAS San Diego v Kaiifomii 11 .cervence 1941, Ke konci roku
kscy K E*i siikutecnit pocatkem prosince. V nedSii 7. prastnra doraziia letadiova lod' USS Saratoga
-~ ] i ^jct 14 ietouay F2A-3 na pa!ub£. Saratoga doraziia do Pearta Harbour na Hawaii 1:. prosince! kde
*>• poaiils tamejsi posadku U.S. Marine Corps. Plavba lodi byia zpomaiena inalou rychlosti tankeru a
zpravy o japonskem \yiodSm naostrovg Wakebylaoperace22. prosiace odvolana. pne 25. prosince letouny
staly souiasti obrannych si I na tomto stragicky rfule&tijm ostrove, Jsk se bitva u Midway blizila.
porf VMF-2"21 21 letouEii typu F2A-3 a sedm leuunu F4F-3 Wildcat.
- - -.-!:--. r;r;rire:sk%-ch tefoisrru phleiajicieh ze smeru 310stupnu ve vzdaienosti 143 km, Dodeseti mir-ut ^-zJ?^325
: rwrfo sedm Istmmu F2A-3 a pet F4F-3, zatim co druliou skupinu tvonJo 12 letounfl F2A-3 ajeden ietc'jr. F-=--; ~.—
48 km od ostrova Midway. Stihaci Jetouny ihned zaliajily utok na vetfelce, brzy nasledoviay !e*c>cr-> ir_if
, ra soupersin prcjaponske namofni stihaci letouny Mitsubisisi A6M2Zero.Tr,nact letounu F2A-3 s r.i ?•**tetoauj F2A~3 penae VKiF-221 zetfinacti zbyvajidch stroju zfistalo v letuschopn^m stavu. Jedenzpilotfl, ktery piez;;: --, . 1-Lr-y
je. Sejak>-koiivvetitel.ktery dal pfikas k bojovemu leru v letounu F2A, mohl po-i'azovat pilota za ztraceneho jeste pfsdrr^ r-ri
Buffalo v rarnci arosrickych jsdnotck ve 2. svStove valce, a ietoimy F2A byiy pak po zbytek valk>p pcuzivany pcczs <
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Brewster 339-23 Buffalo, A 51-10/307, 25. squadrons RAAF, Pearce, Australie, zafi 1942.
Brewster 339-23 Buffalo, A 51-10/307, 25th squadron RAAF, Pearce AB, Australia,
September 1942.
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-23 Buffalo, A 51-3 Weenie, 1. PRU RAAF, Hugnes, Australie, 1942, Letoun
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Srewsfer 339-23 Buffalo, A 51-3 Weenie, 1st PRU RAAF, Hugnes AB, Australia, 1942, This
aircraft was modified into reconnaissance plane by adding three cameras.
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Brewster 339-23 Buffalo, A 51 -151312, 5. AF USAAF, Essendon, Australie, cerven 1942
Letoun byl pozdeji pfedan RAAF a letal s vysostnymi znaky RAAF.
Brewster 339-23 Buffalo, A 51-15/ 312, 5th AF USAAF, Essendon AB, Australia, June 1541.
This aircraft was later handed over to RAAF and served with RAAF national insignias.
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^^/^ Srewster 339-23 Buffalo, cislo 313, 5. AF USAAF, Essendon, Australie, 1944. Tento stroj
slouzil iako osobni tetoun velitele zakiadny.
Brewsier 339-23 Buffalo, No, 313, 5th AF USAAF, Essendon, Australia, 1944. This machine
served as a personal aircraft of the air base commander.
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