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Old 30th October 2023, 18:20
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What use did the Fleet Air Arm make of the few Brewster Buffalo Aircraft they received?
Were Fleet Air Arm Brewster Buffalo aircraft used in action in North Africa and Crete in 1941?

I have seen photos of them on location, but not seen any accounts of them in action against the Italians or Luftwaffe?
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Re: What use did the Fleet Air Arm make of the few Brewster Buffalo Aircraft they received?
https://web.archive.org/web/20070813...drons/805.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20070813...ft/Buffalo.htm
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Re: What use did the Fleet Air Arm make of the few Brewster Buffalo Aircraft they received?
Dan Ford's website "Annals of the Brewster Buffalo" has a few details on Crete:

https://www.warbirdforum.com/crete.htm
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I have a few photos of abandoned ones on Crete
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Chris Shores (and co-authors) Air War Over Yugoslavia Greece and Crete,.
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