Capt. Winters
Charter Member
Hi Guys,
I have just uploaded a MAW version of the Brewster Buffalo made by Steve Seybolt with help from the following people.
Model by Steve (Sdsbolt) Seybolt (original work started by Thicko cfs2 model)
Textures by John (Bravo/4) Whelan
Mos File by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson
XDP compilation, research by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson
Help files by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson
Flight Model By Ted (Nachtpiloten) Kaniuka
weapons by AvHistory.
Freeware items not to be loaded onto any web site without the written permission of Steve Seybolt.
copyright 2012.
It can be found under CFS3 british aircraft in the download section.
enjoy, regards Rob on behalf of all involved.
Texture details
Brewster B339E Buffalo MkI.
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Unit: 805 NAS
Pilot: Lt Rupert Brabner.
Code: Z
Serial: AS420
Maleme, western Crete.
March 1941.
Early in the war Britain was looking to the US as a potential source of war materiel, and in late 1939 the British Purchasing Commission decided to place an order for 170 B-339Es, naming the type Buffalo. By any standard the performance of the portly machine fell well below that of the latest contemporary British and German fighters, and after testing early examples in the UK they were deemed to be unsuitable for service in Western Europe.
With the RAF unenthusiastic about the Buffalo, the aircraft were passed on to the Royal Navy instead. Some were issued to training units, but 12 were sent to the Mediterranean, where, in January 1941, they partially equipped the newly formed 805 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) at Aboukir, in Egypt. The following month at least one of the Buffaloes embarked alongside some Fulmar Is aboard HMS Eagle.
On 6 March 805 NAS's CO, Lt Cdr Alan Black, led a detachment of six Fulmar Is and three Buffaloes (AS419, AS420 and AX814) to Maleme, in western Crete, for the defence of the anchorage at nearby Suda Bay. The Buffalo flight was led by Lt Rupert Brabner, who had previously been the Member of Parliament for Hythe. On the 19th, he was scrambled in AS419 when some Italian bombers were spotted heading for the island, although his Buffalo developed engine trouble before he reached them so he returned to Maleme. A total loss of power on his final approach caused Brabner to land short of the runway and the Buffalo overturned. Luckily, the fighter's anti-roll bar worked and the MP escaped unharmed. Brabner later achieved 'acedom' during the epic convoy battles of 1942.
Brabner's was thought to have been the only operational Buffalo mission flown from Crete, although patrols in defence of the port of Alexandria continued from Egypt. During one such sortie over Royal Navy warships off Sidi Barrani on 17 June, Lt Lloyd Keith (who had five claims to his name, including three destroyed) was flying Buffalo AX813 when he was attacked and shot down by a Bf 109E from I/JG 27 flown by Oberfeldwebel Hermann Forster. The 26 year old Canadian managed to crash land and was taken prisoner, although he had been severely wounded in the action and died soon afterwards, the first Allied Buffalo pilot lost to enemy action.
805 NAS's Buffaloes were finally withdrawn in August after they had been replaced by Martlets that had initially been destined for service with the Greeks.
The Buffalo would soon see much more action, however, and meet with considerable success over the lakes and forests of Finland. It would experience a torrid time in the humid skies above the jungles of Malaya and Burma though, in a combat career that lasted little more than two months.
I have just uploaded a MAW version of the Brewster Buffalo made by Steve Seybolt with help from the following people.
Model by Steve (Sdsbolt) Seybolt (original work started by Thicko cfs2 model)
Textures by John (Bravo/4) Whelan
Mos File by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson
XDP compilation, research by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson
Help files by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson
Flight Model By Ted (Nachtpiloten) Kaniuka
weapons by AvHistory.
Freeware items not to be loaded onto any web site without the written permission of Steve Seybolt.
copyright 2012.
It can be found under CFS3 british aircraft in the download section.
enjoy, regards Rob on behalf of all involved.
Texture details
Brewster B339E Buffalo MkI.
=====================================
Unit: 805 NAS
Pilot: Lt Rupert Brabner.
Code: Z
Serial: AS420
Maleme, western Crete.
March 1941.
Early in the war Britain was looking to the US as a potential source of war materiel, and in late 1939 the British Purchasing Commission decided to place an order for 170 B-339Es, naming the type Buffalo. By any standard the performance of the portly machine fell well below that of the latest contemporary British and German fighters, and after testing early examples in the UK they were deemed to be unsuitable for service in Western Europe.
With the RAF unenthusiastic about the Buffalo, the aircraft were passed on to the Royal Navy instead. Some were issued to training units, but 12 were sent to the Mediterranean, where, in January 1941, they partially equipped the newly formed 805 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) at Aboukir, in Egypt. The following month at least one of the Buffaloes embarked alongside some Fulmar Is aboard HMS Eagle.
On 6 March 805 NAS's CO, Lt Cdr Alan Black, led a detachment of six Fulmar Is and three Buffaloes (AS419, AS420 and AX814) to Maleme, in western Crete, for the defence of the anchorage at nearby Suda Bay. The Buffalo flight was led by Lt Rupert Brabner, who had previously been the Member of Parliament for Hythe. On the 19th, he was scrambled in AS419 when some Italian bombers were spotted heading for the island, although his Buffalo developed engine trouble before he reached them so he returned to Maleme. A total loss of power on his final approach caused Brabner to land short of the runway and the Buffalo overturned. Luckily, the fighter's anti-roll bar worked and the MP escaped unharmed. Brabner later achieved 'acedom' during the epic convoy battles of 1942.
Brabner's was thought to have been the only operational Buffalo mission flown from Crete, although patrols in defence of the port of Alexandria continued from Egypt. During one such sortie over Royal Navy warships off Sidi Barrani on 17 June, Lt Lloyd Keith (who had five claims to his name, including three destroyed) was flying Buffalo AX813 when he was attacked and shot down by a Bf 109E from I/JG 27 flown by Oberfeldwebel Hermann Forster. The 26 year old Canadian managed to crash land and was taken prisoner, although he had been severely wounded in the action and died soon afterwards, the first Allied Buffalo pilot lost to enemy action.
805 NAS's Buffaloes were finally withdrawn in August after they had been replaced by Martlets that had initially been destined for service with the Greeks.
The Buffalo would soon see much more action, however, and meet with considerable success over the lakes and forests of Finland. It would experience a torrid time in the humid skies above the jungles of Malaya and Burma though, in a combat career that lasted little more than two months.
