People forget the situation the Finns were in. They were Co-Belligerents, not allies of Nazi Germany, big distinction. The Finns wanted to reclaim land the Soviets took in the 1940 Winter War.

You are absolutely right- it was Juutallainen from an interview about 10 years ago in an American magazine called Air Combat History. While most of his kills were against I-16's he fought off a vee of P-40's in a rare episode of Yank vs. Yank warbirds.

Hieno musiikki! "On Pohjolan hangissa meil' Isänmaa". Great music

Juutiainen still flew Brewsters in the beginning phase of the Continuation War piloting it successfully against Allied lend-lease warbirds like the P-40 and the Hurricane until they were refitted with the much more formidable Me-109.

Yay for Finland! Yes, it's a little "buffalo", all semantics aside and no matter what anybody wants to call it. A true underdog that served it's underdog pilots very well. Even the Netherlands had a buffalo ace who fought against the Japanese. Don't let anyone dis the Finnish swatstika. Latvia used an identical red one at the same time. They had nothing to do with Fascism. Hooray for the little buffalo that could.

It was probably mentioned earlier, but the air-cooled Buffalo overheated in the tropics, where the Allies used. it. In Finland that was not a problem.

I believe there were two main variants. The B239 was issued to Finland and had a 1200bhp motor. It could reach 323mph (507kph) at 16500 feet, apparently. But I never flew in one so can only go on what I have read. The RAF/RAAF were issued with the B339 Buffalo, with an export engine capable of only 950bhp and was a lot slower. The RAF also added extra guns and armour which made things worse. Had they stuck with Brewster's original spec, they might have fared better in combat with the Zero.

I really like this one. Specially the music. I don't know where have you digged them but they sound great. I'm glad that there are people giving respect for us Finns who were outnumbered. **** Keep it going!

We had to work with Germans to keep our freedom. In the winter war we fought the soviets alone and were barely abled to hold them off. We seeked help from the UK and US but they refused to help us. So our only choise was to seek help from Germany to prevent our country from being crushed by the soviets. And our alliance with Germany was military operations only. We never agreed with their political ideas and all jews in Finland were completely safe.

@BlueFusion64 The Brewster did not reach the Finland theatre until April 1940 when the Winter War was already finished. I imagine the initial encounters with the Brewster in the Continuation War were an extremely unpleasant surprise to the Red Air Force. Russia did have some formidable pilots but aircrew deployed against Finland were rarely drawn from the best Russia could muster and were usually no match at all for the Brewster and Me109 as flown by Finland aces such as Juutilainen and Wind.

the morale of the story is: dont mess with the finns

@TAGMATAGMATON I think you display a lack of historical knowledge of WW2. When the Soviets attacked Finland in 1939/1940 Nobody came to their aid. The Finns were still very vulnerable when WW2 broke out and the only thing they could do to protect themselves and regain their lost territory was to cooperate with the Germans. They were not allies or collaborators, they were co-belligerents with the same goal of fighting the Soviets. The Finns were never Nazis period.

I think it was Warrant Officer Ilmari Juutilainen who wrote those words. He shot down 94 Soviet aircraft , making him the highest ranked fighter ace outside the Luftwaffe: 24 of his kills were obtained in Brewsters. Hans Wind shot down 75 Soviet aircraft: 39 of his kills were in Brewsters, making him the most successful Brewster pilot ever. He also wrote the Finnish airforce combat manual for the Brewster, enabling his comrades to make the best of the strengths of this much maligned aeroplane.

The Brewster fared VERY badly against Japanese Zeroes. In Burma and Malaya the British/Australian air forces fitted armour plate and extra guns which the Brewster was too underpowered to support, and it was slow and unmanoeverable. Japanese pilots ran rings round it. Finland's Brewsters were flown in standard configuration by skilled and experienced pilots such as Wind and Juutilainen, who proved what this aeroplane could do. It could fly at 323mph, faster than early Spitfires and Hurricanes.

The Finns flew B-239 and 339 Buffalos. The difference was that All the Navalising modifications of the F2A models were ommitted for these airframes, a weight saving of over 200 kilos ( Beefed up undercarriage, fuselage extra strengthening, extra armour, dinghy & arrestor hook and hydraulics etc.) The Finns also received them unarmed, so mounted German weaponry, usually 4 x Mg 131 13mm heavy machine guns, 2 in the fuselage and 2 in the wings, a clearly better arms fit than the 2x .50 cals and 2x .30 cals of the US type. Being so much lighter meant the Finnish Buffalos had a much better power to weight ratio, and this improved performance significantly. As a result the Finnish Buffalos had a better kill to loss ratio than the vaunted Hellcat. Hellcats: 19 kills to each loss. Finnish Buffalos: 33 kills to each loss. No wonder the nickname for the portly little fighter was (translated as) " Heavenly Pearl". In fact more Finnish Buffalos were lost to mechanical issues and accidents than were shot down or destroyed on the ground.

@RavishalBentham Complimenti per questi VIDEO, sopratutto per quelli italiani. Spero di vederne altri e anche comperarli. Saluti Gil

Heimo Lampi- Brewster-lentäjä. Todella hieno kirja. Harvoin saatavilla.

Indeed, with some success. In 1942 a flight of 8 Buffalo fighters of the ML-KNIL encountered a formation of 35 Japanese planes, 20 of them Zero's. After the battle, 11 Japanese planes where shot down and 4 of the Dutch.

Amazing video...well done.

It is from NFL Films and it is called "Torpedo". NFL Films was a set of sports documentaries that covered the National Football League (American football)

Technicnically Finland would still be here but we would speak russian. Im proud that we worked with Germans.

@RavishalBentham It was probably mentioned earlier, but the air-cooled Buffalo overheated in the tropics, where the Allies used. it. In Finland that was not a problem.

5 stars Outstanding!!!!

Sweden came to their aid. We gave them weapons, ammo, supplies, money and men who wanted to fight for Finland

Finnish ace compared the Brewster to the ME 109 as a "gentleman's airplane compared to a killing machine." Nevertheless, he scored many victories in a Brewster- which could be a formidable warplane when expertly flown.

I'm guessing this is the Continuation War. Am I right?

Amen to that

Nice little vid about an often forgoton peice of history.

brewster buffalo was one of the worst plane in the WW2 , but some finland pilots become aces on this plane

Great video! I think one of these music is very similer to "Theme from U-boot".

great film from great game

best sim I have seen so far! hyvää!

The finnish version was lighter, faster, and more powerfull than the US version. The finns had 4x50 cal, we had A fifty on the left side of the nose, and a .30 on the right.

On a finnish mission in the campaign, I lost TWO buffaloes to flak on a patrol because they're so damn'ed slow.

Nice, very nice.

oh,i see..Thanks for the info!

@RavishalBentham Yes, perfectly agreed Finland should never be put in one basket with Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Croaria, Slovakia... Although viewed as an Axis force it just fought for survival. On the other hand it was on the Allied side too - in 1939 - 40 when USSR and Germany were de facto Allies and in 1944 when it fought Germans during the Lapland War.

Itse olen nähnyt näitä kaikissa pelikaupoissa. Tosin tässä videossa on kyse The Forgotten Battles lisäosasta. Itselläni on tosin se versio pelistä, jossa on kaikki lisäosat.

Das Boot is good sub movie :D i like that :D and video is goooood

Sometimes it has to seize the drowning hands dirty. So said one of the English Finnish Paris Peace Agreement enters into force. Finland applied to secure Germany against the Soviet threat. Although the spring of 1940 was the Winter War ended, so does the Finnish-Soviet spaces were any good. Finland feared.

Better training, greater motivation I suppose

yes, it came from the Das Boot movie :)

It is possible to get this film at least in DVD-quality?

Guys,about the Brewster Buffalo in the video,was it not nicknamed the "Flying Coffin"?So could anyone explain,how did the Finnish air force achieve victory over the Red air force back in the Winter and Continuation wars?Didnt many of those buffalos get shot down over the skies of asia?

The dear little Buffalo Brewsters

Hyvä musiikki. On Pohjolan hangissa meill Isänmaa

When playing IL2 I found it to be a terrific plane: very stable yet very responsive. I used to deadly effect to take out Russki's.

I think the Finns stripped out any excess weight from their buffalo so it manouvred better. They look so mean with finnish colours!

An interesting fact... The Finnish Air Force adopted the blue Swastika on a white background after WW1. About 1920 I think..... Long before Adolf Hitler decided to use a tilted black Swastika on a white background in a red flag as a symbol for his regime....

Twas not a Buffalo. It was a B-239. A far superior aircraft than the B-339 or F2A-2 or Buffalo. In fact it was everything the Buffalo wasn't.

I thought the Finnish Brewsters did not have a reflector gun sight.

wtf? how did you get swastikas on the planes? i got the circle with white and blue (finnish airforce mark from 45-)

I think it was slower...

nice

Heh. Butt-Walther on the prowl. Neato video.

Seems someone at NFL is a fan of Das Boot, cos that's an obvious homage to it. Not quite a ripoff, but clearly based on it.

In the 1000s of hours I have flown in IL2-1946, I never shot down anything in the fekkin useless B239 Buffalo Tumble Dryer with wings.

USSR I-153 is best from "Talvisota" 2x20 mm Shvak :-) and from Suomi is Fokker D.XXI 3.sarja best (new in patch 4.09) i hope :-)

I think that if the Buffalo was awful then either the Finns were the world's best pilots or the Soviets were beyond awful in both pilots and machines.

no song prz

Indeed, with some success. In 1942 a flight of 8 Buffalo fighters of the ML-KNIL encountered a formation of 35 Japanese planes, 20 of them Zero's. After the battle, 11 Japanese planes where shot down and 4 of the Dutch.