On 19/01/2015 10:12, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 19:02:48 -0700, Old Geezerr <dpspahr@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 06:41:29 -0600, Mitchell Holman <noemail@att.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The Ruskies loved the Air Cobra and its nose cannon.
>> The cannon worked as a can opener on nazi tanks.
>
> Also seem to remember Finland flew Buffalos and gave the Russians a
> decent shellacking. Not sure if the Buffalos played any part in that,
> however...
>
There's more information here on the Finnish use of Brewster aircraft,
although perhaps not the Buffalo which would not have gained the Finnish
nickname: "Taivaan Helmi" "Pearl of the Skies".
http://www.warbirdforum.com/faf.htm
For the Buffalo itself it was probably in the Fairey Battle class.
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