Tag Archives: The Winter War

Brewster Buffalo, Part II

Posted on October 14, 2014 by

The Buffalo is one of those airplanes with a split personality.  Its performance and combat record against the Japanese is almost universally bad.  Yet a small number of planes, against the massive VVS (Soviet Air Force) had as completely opposite … Continue reading →

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Gloster Gladiator Mk I (J8)

Posted on October 9, 2014 by

The Winter War World War II started on September 1, 1939 when Germany attacked Poland.  Yet there were other wars, even involving combatants in the world war, that seem to fall through the cracks in most histories.  One such, was … Continue reading →

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