The Origin of "Ugly Bermuda Shorts" ...

[wolf]

Mark, there is one in the Navy's Pensacola museum. It may be a RAF/USAAF A-34 Bermuda restored and painted as a USN SB2A-4 Buccaneer.

Yeah, the Naval Air Museum took a whole bunch of airframes, made one good display aircraft out it, then scrapped the rest of the material. So instead of 6 X Bermuda's there is only two

[Ken]

Almost like a Kingfisher & a Helldiver had a baby.

[Chris Brame]

Mark, there is one in the Navy's Pensacola museum. It may be a RAF/USAAF A-34 Bermuda restored and painted as a USN SB2A-4 Buccaneer.

RAF serial FF860.
Is there any documentation (record card?) of 860's service? I've never seen any photos of a Bermuda in service at Tullahoma, although I understand they were training RAF pilots in them. I'd really like to hear more of the wartime history of this plane.