Buffalo in Burma

[Juha]

Originally Posted by pandeiro

Hello. (long time reader here)
Is it true the Buffalo in Finnish service had the highest kill to loss ratio in WWII? If so, what was that ratio?
Many thanks.

FAF Brewster Model 239s, victories/losses: Winter War: 0/0; Continuation War: 478/23

28 were lost to all causes up to 4 Sept 44 when the armistance between Finland and Soviet Union came into force, only 19 of which were related to combat and at most 18 were related to aerial combat. One is a bit unclear, was it shot down by heavy AA as Finns thought during the war or by a La-5 as there is a suitable Soviet claim. One clearly by AA and five were destroyed on ground during Soviet bombing raids.

But of course the 478 means only accepted claims, in reality there were fewer real kills.

Juha