Brewster B-339 Buffalo "Pacific Theater"
- Subject:
Brewster B-339 Buffalo
Royal New Zealand Air Force (1934-now)
488 Sqn. NF-O/W8138
1941 World War 2»Pacific Theatre - Singapore
Dark Green, Dark Earth, Black- Scale:
- 1:48
- Status:
- Completed
- Started:
- October 4, 2021
- Completed:
- October 9, 2021
- Time spent:
- 5 evenings
Tamiya 1/48 Brewster B-339 Buffalo. No.448 Squadron RNZAF, Singapore 1942
No. 488 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) was one of the five Commonwealth squadrons that received the B-339E in the Far East . Together with other squadrons, they stationed at the British naval base of Singapore and on the adjacent Malayan Peninsula . These Commonwealth squadrons claimed at least eighty kills while some units might have achieved a 2 to 1 kill ratio.
The pilot of the " RNZAF NF-O W8138" was Flight Officer Noel C. Sharp . On 18 Jan.1942, a combined formation of 243 and 488 Squadrons met the escort to an incoming bomber raid. Sharp was one of the two Allied pilots who claimed a 'Navy O' shot down in the combat but his aircraft was badly damaged. Throughout his career, Sharp had downed 3 aircraft and damaged 2 bombers . He was killed in 1942 flying a Hurricane.
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