Remarks: "Sgt. John Bailey, No.25 Squadron, Dunreath, West Australia, 1942".
Status: Limited Production Units: 1000
Accurate 1/48 scale
Professionally painted
Pad applied markings
Opening canopy
Pilot figure
Movable rudder
Retractable Landing Gear
The Brewster Buffalo model 339-23 was basically the export version of the F2A-3. However the engines were re-manufactured Wright R-1820-G5 that had been used in KLM DC-3 airliners. These planes were shipped in early 1942 but during transit Java surrendered so the Netherlands no longer needed the planes and they were diverted to Australia. None of the seventeen aircraft given to the RAAF ever saw air-to-air combat. The survivors were all returned to the USAAF 5th Air Force in early 1944, where they were scrapped.
On May 3, 1937 the No. 23 Squadron was formed and two years later was renamed No. 25 Squadron (City of Perth). Their original task was convoy close-support and anti-submarine patrols and later the defense of Perth. In August 1942 nine Brewster Buffalo arrived and one of the pilots was Sgt. John Charles Bailey. He survived the war and became a farmer and father of three. In early 1943 the Buffalo were moved to Dunreath and became part of No. 85 Squadron. T
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