>Other non-Finn Buffalo aces were Clare
>and Vanderfield of No. 453 Sqn.
21 Sqn and 453 Sqn RAAF and 488 Sqn RNZAF were part of the allied forces that got rolled back quick smart when the Japanese attacked Malaya. 21 and 453 ended up amalgamating as they only had 16 aircraft between them. Those aircraft soon went too.
Apparently they had a victory/loss ratio of two to one, but then, the Buffalo pilots had no shortage of targets to shoot at.
Below is a pic of 453 Sqn,
One of the most interesting victories of the South Pacific theatre in WWII was Jack Archer of 4 Sqn RAAF shooting down a Zero on Boxing Day 1942 in a CAC Wirraway.
Jack Archer and J Coulston below,
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