Dutch Buffalos over Java by andreasgr
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Description
At the begining of the war 71 B-339C and B-339D models (exportversions of the F2A-2) arrived in the Dutch East Indies.
After some fights the Dutch halved the fuel and ammo load in the wing, which allowed their Buffalos to stay with the Ki-43 in turns.
In February 1942, eight Buffalos attacked a Japanese bomber formation consisting of 35 bombers and a escort of 20 Mitsubishi A6M Zeros.
Eleven Japanese aircraft were shot down at four own losses.
Only four airworthy Dutch Buffalos remained on March 1942.
Comments (4)
Excellent work on the textures! They are really a treat, as well as making your terrific craftsmanship on the Buffalo shine! More please.
Pretty cool action scene. Well staged. Interesting background information.
Great picture and well made texture on the Buffalo. Yes, the story of the Dutch East Indies in ww2 is seldom told. There were the first big sea battles in the Far East and one of the first big losses of allied ships (beside Pearl Harbour). On land the Dutch had nothing to throw against the Japanese and the local people wanted not to help the Dutch against the Japanese. So the islands were conquered very fast.
The Netherlands East Indies pilots liked the Brewsters and also used them in the fighter bomber role. The British suggestion of improving the the USN F2A2 by adding pilot armor, flare bin and tubes, and self sealing fuel tanks added 900 lbs to the Buffalo. What had been a maneuverable and reasonably fast fighter with good climbing changed it into an overweight sluggish aircraft. The use of refurbished airliner engines in British service that had less horsepower and that were prone to oil leaks pouring onto the windscreen also reduced combat effectiveness. Dutch Curtiss Hawk 75s suffered from the same problem. Interestingly one experienced USMC pilot who fought the Japanese over Guadalcanal said he would rather have had a F2A2 than the Grumman F4F-4 he flew. Anyway, great render of the Dutch Buffalo.