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 Post subject: Buccaneers.... arrggh
PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:58 pm 
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The SB2A (Brewster Model 340) was a development of Brewster's earlier SBA scout-bomber, sharing the single-engined, mid-winged monoplane layout of the earlier aircraft, but was larger and had a more powerful engine. It carried up to 1,000 lb (454 kg) of bombs in an internal bomb-bay and for defensive purposes was fitted with a power operated turret armed with two .30 in machine guns supplementing a further four forward firing guns.

The US Navy ordered a prototype XSB2A on 4 April 1939, which first flew on 17 June 1941. Large-scale orders had already been placed by this time, however, with the United Kingdom ordering 750 aircraft as the Brewster Bermuda and the Netherlands ordering a further 162 to equip the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force. The first US Navy production order, for 140 aircraft, was placed on 24 December 1940.
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Brewster SB2A-3 Buccaneer circa 1943

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Brewster SB2A Buccaneer flight line

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A Brewster SB2A-4 Buccaneer in flight near Vero Beach, Fl in 1942/43.

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FAA Brewster "Bermuda" FF741.

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FAA Brewster "Bermuda"

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Thank you for posting, not sure I had heard of this aircraft before. Sounds like a forgotten aircraft....and from the wiki page forgettable:

"Historians regard the SB2A as a failure. David Donald has labelled it "one of the worst aircraft of World War II".[3] Similarly, the Pima Air & Space Museum's website states that the type was "perhaps the least successful Allied aircraft of World War II".[6] The National Naval Aviation Museum's website also notes that "overweight, underpowered, and lacking maneuverability, the Brewster SB2A Buccaneer was a classic failure".[4]"


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