The Luftwaffe had a few ex-Belgian Airforce Buffaloes in use as fighter trainers. One was photographed on a German airfield in 1945. It is online.
A few were recovered after the invasion of Crete, though they were all un-airworthy, as was the whole squadron during the invasion, due to engine oil retention problems, an infamous Buffalo problem.
I have pictures of captured Zeroes in US Navy markings.
The Japanese captured enough Dutch Buffaloes to equip two army squadrons, who were desperate to have something better than the obstelete A5M "Claude" and Ki-27 "Nate" fixed undercarriage mono-planes. There are numerous photos on line and propoganda film footage.
The Soviet Hurricane is actually an RAF fighter from 247 wing operating from Murmansk, northen Russia. After a friendly AA fire incident, the RAF adopted Soviet markings.
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10-26-2009, 03:46 AM
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