Brewster Buffalo Series Pt 5: Continuation War, Winter 41-42 

The brewster had a lot of good qualities. Its main downside was lack of speed. It turned well, climbed average and dove well. It was also a stable gunnery platform. It was generally loved by the pilots and it used to be one of my favourite rides in Aces High. From altitude it could challenge almost any plane in the game and survive under massive disandvantage in skillful hands. But because it was so slow, landing kills in it was challenging. Once you lose your energy against 3-4 much faster enemies, they can start to dictate the fight and you basically play dodge ball all the way to the home lines lol. In real life many brewster pilots saved themselves by making a hard dive to the treeline, something that many soviet planes couldn't do to follow.

Another "Ugly Duckling" that became a swan because they shot hell out of the Russian air force.

@@IkeVMAX4 often against 2nd rank Soviet aircraft as noted in the vid

​@@nowthenzenThe Soviets used western lend-lease planes as well as more modern types of fighters of their own in greater numbers later on. It is true that the best time for the Brewster was the early phase of the continuation war, but it could pull its weight if needed also against the more modern planes if used by experienced pilots.

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Yeesh that's cold.

Thanks! I'll get around to them all eventually lol

Yes, actually. It was a piston ring. Thanks for reminding me, that's a detail I want to put in the next video!

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True a little recognized advantage that enhanced every part of the Allied air effort

87 octane in Finnish Brewsters...

On otettava huomioon että hurricane lähetettiin englannissa pommikone torjunta tehtäviin (jotka sille olivat helppoja 12 konekiväärin ja spitfiria paremman panssaroinnin vuoksi) joissa se ampui alas pääasiassa heinkel 111 ja junkers pommikoneita. Spitfirin työ oli vaikeampaa koska sitä käytettiin Saksan hävittäjiä vastaan. *korjaus, alunperin hurricanessa oli vain 8 konekivääriä, myöhemmin 12

Those comparisons are very hard to do as the conditions did vary a lot. But I remember on of those +200 wins Germans who pointed out that to have many wins you need a lot of enemys too.

@@hurri7720 In North Africa, the comparison is fair. Both sides had the same conditions. German Marseille had 158 wins against England and the best results were 17 in one day. In England, the 109 has a 15-minute limit on combat. In Africa, the same restriction on both sides.

13 Hurricanes

Chopin's Polonaise in A Major

Usually yeah ut the mkIib carried 12. Wild to think of the recoil

@@MarkSeven Even worse than 4 cannon? 🙄

Ah yeah probably not but I imagined it would be enough to slow you down some lol

@@MarkSeven By the way: Your series about the Brewster in Finnish service was fascinating! Being Dutch and my family living in the Dutch East Indies, I am very interested in the Brewster... I have spoken with Dutch pilots who flew them in 1941-'42 and didn't hold the type in high regard. But I must say they came ill prepared against some very experienced Japanese pilots flying Zeros and 'Oscars'...

@@Franky46Boy Someday soon I will be getting around to the next part of this series, which will be dealing with the Dutch brewsters in the NEI theater, as far as I know now they used a different model not so well suited to their opponents ' capabilities

Ah yes you have a point but I must work within my limitations. I am considering a book now that RU-vid work has shown that there are in fact people who find my writing interesting. If you like, send me an email and I can send you my scripts instead.