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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Bob
The Buffalo was a pre WWII design and was virtually obsolete by the time Japan bombed Pearl.
It was delegated to export and training squadrons. I recall that a squadron was at Midway and Wake Islands...they didn't last long.
Nicknamed the "Flying Coffin"....
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^^^^ Spot on. They were pretty well known "in their day" but by the time the P-40, Spitfire, Zero and ME-109 came along, they were sitting ducks. Better than nothing but not much.
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