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Buffaloes over Singapore / Brian Cull, Paul Sortehaug, Mark Haselden

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CULL Brian

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Grub Street, 2004Description: 288 p., [10] leaves of platesISBN:

1904010326 (hbk) :

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Summary: Compilation of historical records and first hand accounts from personnel with the RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, and Dutch forces flying the Brewster Buffalo aircraft in defence of Malaya, Singapore, and the Dutch East Indies in 1941-1942. The Buffalo, which had been bought in large numbers by Belgium, UK, Dutch East Indies (and ordered but not received by Australia) from the American Brewster company, was considered unsuitable for service in Europe but "more than a match for the Japanese". Although it was strongly built and a good plane to fly the Brewster did not have a good reputation having poor weaponry and being outperformed by Japanese aircraft such as the Zero. However some reports suggest that Japan's real advantage lay in its overwhelming numbers of aircraft rather than their technical merits.

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Compilation of historical records and first hand accounts from personnel with the RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, and Dutch forces flying the Brewster Buffalo aircraft in defence of Malaya, Singapore, and the Dutch East Indies in 1941-1942. The Buffalo, which had been bought in large numbers by Belgium, UK, Dutch East Indies (and ordered but not received by Australia) from the American Brewster company, was considered unsuitable for service in Europe but "more than a match for the Japanese". Although it was strongly built and a good plane to fly the Brewster did not have a good reputation having poor weaponry and being outperformed by Japanese aircraft such as the Zero. However some reports suggest that Japan's real advantage lay in its overwhelming numbers of aircraft rather than their technical merits.

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