Brewster Buffalo Series Pt 4: Finnish Reconquest of Karelia

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The Brewster model 239 fighters of Finnish squadron Llv 24 were highly successful against the Russian aircraft of the Soviet Air Force during the Continuation War of 1941-44. This video examines their actions as the Finnish offensive to retake the territory lost to the Red Army in the Winter War reaches its objectives at the prewar border.
Sources:
Brewster Buffalo by Christopher Shores
Brewster F2A Buffalo by Andre Zbiegniewski
Brewster Buffalo Aces of WWII by Kari Stenman and Andrew Thomas
Joe Baugher's Aviation Pages at joebaugher.com/navy_fighters/f2a3.html

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1 апр 2021

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@jimgoff1170 3 года назад

Thanks for this unique look into a nearly forgotten part of the war. The Finns were fierce defenders of their homeland, and used these aircraft in their best altitude for performance.

@MarkSeven 3 года назад

I'm glad that you think so. Thanks very much for the comment

@herptek 2 года назад

It was the best fighter there was available for Finland at the start of the continuation war. The pilots preferred it over other plane types then in use.

@ImForwardlook 3 года назад

As a Finn I enjoyed this video a lot, the fantastic photos especially! Well done, keep up the good work! Kiitos!

@MarkSeven 3 года назад

I'm glad to hear this, thanks for the encouragement, there are more in this series on the way

@stiffyupperlip1851 Год назад

Gloster Gladiator,Morane Saulnier,Fokker DXXI,thats the kind of planes we had to managed in 39-40.When those pilots sat and fight first time in Brewsters, its no wonder that they gave her nickname as "Pearl of Sky"It is so freaking good compares to those KITEs. Think that 33:1 is accurate.

@herptek Год назад

The ratios were great in the beginning, but were harder to keep up as the Soviets started to catch up a little with better aircraft. Luckily replacements for first line fighters became available eventually to the Finns too near the end of the war.

@georgewiiho 2 года назад

Nice to hear again the stories I used to read about when young

@friendship779 2 года назад

Trivial information: In 60ies there was war document on Finnish public broadcast channel. One Brewster pilot told they removed protection steel plate from Brewster planes for lower weight and better maneuverability. Sadly, I don´t have another source for this information.

@MarkSeven 2 года назад

This agrees with what I have found out about the Finnish 239s, that they were as successful as they were due to their lightness compared to other models of the Buffalo fighter. I would love to see that documentary, tho my very limited knowledge of the language would probably hold me back from understanding much of it

@friendship779 2 года назад

@@MarkSeven Finnish pilots and ground personel were very intuitive to use every plane type on its limits.

@MarkSeven 2 года назад

@@friendship779 The small nations had to make the absolute best of what they had and the Finns really shone here. One of the lessons of 20th century military history: don't mess with the Finns lol

@friendship779 2 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SzL85X3brJ8.html Here is something with English subtitles. I found it is accurate.

@MarkSeven 2 года назад

Ooh thank you

@rickjones3886 2 года назад

When describing the lagg 3s armoremnt you actually described the mig3 bks armourment, the lagg had one 12.7mm brenzin ub and one 20mm shvak cannon

@WWiiIEB 3 года назад

NOICE... good job on 400 subs!!!

@MarkSeven 3 года назад

Thanks!

@WWiiIEB 3 года назад

@@MarkSeven np

@msgfrmdaactionman3000 Год назад

They didn't do well in the Pacific. The Finns were killing Soviet planes with bi-planes. The Buffalo was some hot shit for them!

@joelhouser2911 3 года назад

Is it true the Buffalo had a kill- ratio of some 23 to 1 ? Making it the MOST successful US built fighter of all time.

@MarkSeven 3 года назад

I've seen estimates from 17:1 to 47:1 to one, but only in Finnish service. In US and British/Commonwealth units it was much less successful

@WandererRTF 2 года назад

It really depends how you examine the numbers... And even then you may come up with rather surprising numbers if you start looking at the different variants - for example should you take look at the results of FM-2 (assuming you separate it from the rest of the Wildcats) you might be surprised.

@nowthenzen 2 года назад

@@WandererRTF that's the thing about numbers and data .. "There are lies, Damn lies and Statistics"

@stiffyupperlip1851 Год назад

@@MarkSeven I think that 47:1 ratio applies only one specific Fighter Squadron 24,in finnish it called Hävittäjälentolaivue 24 (HävLLv 24) Brewsters shot down 459 russian planes,own losses are 15,so that 47:1 is pretty accurate.