Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - The Peanut Special Brief technical description of the development of the F-2A and its selection/fielding by US Navy. Initial carrier-borne service with US Navy and use pre war by a number of future leading US aces. Selection by some European nations & subsequent adoption by Britain. Sale of Brewster 239s to Finland and delivery/Chapter 2 - An Unloved Fighter Service with the first Eagle squadron in England. Deployment and operational use with the Royal Navy in Egypt and Crete. Fielding by the RAF for the air defence in the Far East and Burma/Chapter 3 - Finnish Triumph Service with the Finnish Air Force against the Soviets/Chapter 4 - The Rising Sun RAF service in Malaya against the Japanese. Neth EIAF service use against Japanese. RAF service in Burma against the Japanese & use in India after retreat. Wartime USMC service – only action during Battle of Midway (last action by Buffalo/F2A against Japanese)/Chapter 5 - Epilogue Brewster 239’s final victory and valediction to include use in US as fighter trainer flown by many future aces, or by aces as instructors/Appendices A) USN/USMC Aces, including those who flew, but did not claim on the F-2A B) Commonwealth Buffalo Aces, and Aces who made some claims on them C) Finnish Brewster 239 Aces, and Aces who made some claims on them D) Commonwealth Aces who flew, but did not claim, (including non-ace pilots with 5+ Buffalo claims)

Promotional Information

A complete survey of all of the pilots who achieved Aces status using the Brewster F2A Buffalo.

About the Author

Kari Stenman is undoubtedly the most knowledgeable authority on the Finnish Air Force in World War 2, having written over a dozen books on the subject since the late 1960s. The co-author of the successful Aircraft of the Aces volume on Finnish fighter pilots, he runs his own publishing company in Finland. Andrew Thomas is one of Britain's most pre-eminent RAF researchers, having published numerous squadron histories. He is presently a serving officer in the RAF. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Chris Davey has illustrated more than 20 titles for Osprey’s Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft and Aviation Elite Units series since 1994. He is one of the last traditional airbrush artists in the business and has become Osprey’s artist of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax and Sunderland.

Reviews

"This book is a must-have for the aviation historian and military analyst to understand how this much-overlooked aircraft impacted aerial combat during World War 2. Modelers will also enjoy the history, photography and color profiles to replicate the mounts of these aces. This title is recommended!" --Michael Benolkin, Cyber Modeler, cybermodeler.com (February 2010) "This book covers it all, starting with its use by Finland during WW2, then moving on to Malaya, Burma and its final US use at Midway. Included in this are super period photos of the men and planes as well as the expected center section of full color profiles by Chris Davey and a couple of color photographs. There is also the usual table of pilots of various nations that achieved ace or near ace status flying the aircraft. In all, it makes for a great read and a super reference book. It is one that I have no trouble highly recommending to you." --Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness, modelingmadness.com (February 2010) "Kari Stenman and Andrew Thomas' BREWSTER F2A BUFFALO ACES OF WORLD WAR 2 joins others in Osprey's 'Aircraft of the Aces' series I offering a comprehensive survey of the pilots and missions of the F2A aircraft ... Military libraries strong in equipment history will find this a welcome addition." --The Midwest Book Review (April 2010) "I found this book to be very interesting, and very comprehensive. As an example, in the Far East chapters, the authors were able to correlate Allied kills with Japanese pilots shot down. In addition, the pilot recounts of their actions were highly regarded, as we are close to having lost most those people to age related demise, so to work those into the 'story' of the Brewster was greatly appreciated." --Kevin Iutzeler, IPMS (March 2010)