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Originally Posted by Joeaksa View Post
^^^^ 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.

the problem was that the ME-109, ZERO, Spitfire and P-40 all predate the Buffalo.


the finns killed a staggering number of soviets. and flew the planes til they wore out. but it just never would have worked against first string opposition.
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