Brewster Buffalo (509) A short, squat, and unattractive aircraft, the Buffalo entered service in the same year as the Mitsubishi A6M Zero and the Bf-109, two overwhelmingly superior aircraft.

11033251.2 The Brewster XF2A-1 naval fighter made its first flight in December 1937 because the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics had reconsidered the idea that monoplane aircraft were unsuitable for ...