This comprehensive monograph covers the entire history of Brewster's much-maligned Buffalo fighter aircraft. The book starts with the background of the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation and the events that led to the selection of the F2A as the Navy's first monoplane fighter. Following this, each variant of the aircraft is covered in detail, including all three major variants purchased by the US. Navy, as well as the versions purchased by Belgium, Finland, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. Individual squadron histories are also included as they relate to the F2A.
Many interviews are included with pilots who flew the Buffalo, some with glowing comments on its performance, while others cast a less-than-stellar light on the Brewster. It is up to the reader to draw his own conclusions as to where the F2A sits in the history of modern aerial warfare. It is interesting to note that the Brewster 239, as used by the Finnish Air Force during the 1939-1945 period achieved the highest kill ratio of any fighter plane of the war with an impressive 26-1 score.
Soft cover 176-pages, 391 B&W photos, 22 illustrations