The Buffalo was only used by the USMC once, in the Battle of Midway, when 20 Buffalos attacked a formation of various D3A Val and escorting A6M Zero. It saw action in various places of the world, like Finland, South East Asia and the Pacific. Several nations ordered the Buffalo to upgrade their air forces, including Finland, Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands. However, the Buffalo was largely obsolete when the United States entered World War II, and it was far behind compared to aircraft as the A6M Zero, as it was overweight, unstable and lacked pilot armor and self-sealing tanks. It won a competition to replace the Grumman F3F monoplane, against the F4F Wildcat. The Brewster F2A Buffalo was an American monoplane fighter aircraft which saw service in early stages of World War II. Pohjoisten taivaiden helmi (Pearl of the Northern Skies)
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