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[Soviet Ace]

So I checked out that site on the Buffalo, that you provided, and I found several mistakes in it that several of my books, and sites I've looked at contradict.

First off, the R-1820-34 and R-1820-G5 are NO different from one another. If the guy who had written that had bothered to look deeper into the engines, he would have realized, that any plane, engine, whatever that is sent from the US or any other nation to another nation is never designated the same as it originally was. There is no difference between the -34 and -G5 besides designation.

Secondly, these Belgian Buffalo's were never sent to Finland by Germany, and were not "crated up". What they were, was Buffalos that had been sent by the US to Belgium, but before they could get into combat were captured, where only two were recorded as making the trip to France before their collapse under the Nazi Blitzkrieg. The captured Buffalos were then used as either scrap metal, or used as trainers. Some were even sent to Vichy French in the Med.

Third, his report of the Battle between Brewsters, Yaks, Las, and LaGG's is incorrect. The actual dogfight, there were four Buffalos gunned down, not two. Where Three Yak-1s and two LaGG-3s were downed. The La-5s held their own just fine, and all them made it back home.

We've already had a mix up with the Vindicator and Sea Wolf, and I think this is just another mix up.