Geoffrey Fisken
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Geoffrey Fisken, was a New Zealand fighter pilot who was the British Commonwealth's leading air ace in the Pacific theatre of the Second World War. He is credited with shooting down eleven Japanese ai
Fisken with his P-40 Kittyhawk, which he named Wairarapa Wildcat
Pilots of No. 14 Squadron with a Dodge weapons carrier at Guadalcanal, grouped together after a patrol; Fisken stands at back with white scarf
Brewster F2A Buffalo
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The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes w
Geoffrey Fisken
…he was sent to Singapore where he served briefly with the Royal Air Force's No. 67 Squadron before being posted to No. 243 Squadron where he flew Brewster Buffalo fighters. Following the entry of Japan into the Second World War in December 1941, he destroyed several aircraft during the Japanese invasion of British…
Brewster F2A 3 Buffalo in flight near NAS Miami, Florida, on 2 August 1942
Brewster XF2A-1 prototype
LT John S. Thach tipped this F2A-1 onto its nose on Saratoga, March 1940
F2A-3s serving as U.S. Navy training aircraft at NAS Miami, 1942–1943