The Buffalo was the result of a US Navy requirement to replace the Grumman F3F carrier-based fighter. It was a single engine monoplane, with foldable wingtip sections, retractable landing gear and a tailhook. Its American competitors were the Grumman F4F Wildcat and the Seversky P-35. Because of the fact that the F2A was the first aircraft made by Buffalo, it should have been called, based on the former US Navy policy, "Brewster FA". The reason for the name "F2A" is probably the biplane fighter Fokker XFA-1, which is already called "FA".
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| - The Buffalo was the result of a US Navy requirement to replace the Grumman F3F carrier-based fighter. It was a single engine monoplane, with foldable wingtip sections, retractable landing gear and a tailhook. Its American competitors were the Grumman F4F Wildcat and the Seversky P-35. Because of the fact that the F2A was the first aircraft made by Buffalo, it should have been called, based on the former US Navy policy, "Brewster FA". The reason for the name "F2A" is probably the biplane fighter Fokker XFA-1, which is already called "FA".
- The Buffalo fighter equipped all Allied powers in the Pacific during World War II. During the Japanese invasion of Hawaii, Buffaloes were launched from a US carrier in an attempt to strike at the Japanese air power. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida found that the Buffalo couldn't climb and dive with the Zero, nor could they turn as tightly. He scoffed at the planes after all were shot down, making comparisons of westerners claiming that Japanese planes were "junk".
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| - The Buffalo was the result of a US Navy requirement to replace the Grumman F3F carrier-based fighter. It was a single engine monoplane, with foldable wingtip sections, retractable landing gear and a tailhook. Its American competitors were the Grumman F4F Wildcat and the Seversky P-35. Because of the fact that the F2A was the first aircraft made by Buffalo, it should have been called, based on the former US Navy policy, "Brewster FA". The reason for the name "F2A" is probably the biplane fighter Fokker XFA-1, which is already called "FA". The first flight of the prototype, designated as XF2A-1 was in December 1937. After testing with the US Navy, 54 F2A-1 aicraft were ordered. The first flight of the F2A-1 was in January 1938.
- The Buffalo fighter equipped all Allied powers in the Pacific during World War II. During the Japanese invasion of Hawaii, Buffaloes were launched from a US carrier in an attempt to strike at the Japanese air power. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida found that the Buffalo couldn't climb and dive with the Zero, nor could they turn as tightly. He scoffed at the planes after all were shot down, making comparisons of westerners claiming that Japanese planes were "junk". The Buffaloes that equipped allied air forces proved to be no match for the Zero, and they were chewed up along nearly every front by the Japanese fighter.
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