TY  - BOOK
AU  - CULL Brian
TI  - Buffaloes over Singapore
SN  - 1904010326 (hbk) :
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Grub Street
KW  - SECOND WORLD WAR
KW  - SOUTHEAST ASIA
KW  - AIR OPERATIONS
KW  - MALAYA
KW  - BUFFALO AIRCRAFT
KW  - SINGAPORE
N2  - 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
ER  -