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Originally Posted by Mage_016
Did that plane ever take a part in compat. Prototype was ready in august 1944 and had only 20 hours of air time at all.
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Maybe involved in a few trial sorties.
Only 3 were built and only one survives.
The design was mainly flawed by the choice of powerplant. The 950 HP I-16 engine was a poor substitute for the 1,200 Wright Whirlwind in the B-239.
The Humu struggled to make 300 MPH, though most Soviet fighters were equally underpowered during that time as well.
It would be fun to fly though.
I was disapointed that the Fokker D-XXI wasn't included in IL-2 "Forgotten Battles", bearing in mind that it made up the bulk of the Finnish fighter forces, with the Finnish J8-A Gloster Gladiator clone in second place. The 42 Brewster B-239 Buffaloes were the third most numerous fighter and scored the majority of fighter kills from 1941 to 1944, proving to be superiour in dogfights than even the Yak's and La's.
Finland's last kill of the war was by a B-239 Buffalo when it downed a German Ju-87 Stuka in 1944 after Finland changed sides.