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Originally Posted by varmint View Post
the problem was that the ME-109, ZERO, Spitfire and P-40 all predate the Buffalo.
Close but not with the Zero really... Still the Buffalo was not anywhere near the class of the others on this list.

The Spitfires first flight was 5 March 1936

The ME-109's first flight was 29 May 1937

The Brewster Buffalo's first flight was 2 Dec 1937

The Zero's first flight was 1 April 1939.
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