Re: MacArthur -- And Thanks For The Asking!

[Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>]

At 10:32 PM 12/20/02 EST, AMPSOne@aol.com wrote:
>
> Marc -- one correction to one of your not-quite-on-topic posts. The Dutch
>did not have the Brewster Buffalo per se, but they did have 30 B-339D
>export models of the same aircraft in the East Indies on Sumatra on 8
>December 1941 covering Ambon, Borneo and Java. They flew 10 to Malaya in
>January 1942 and left the other 20 in reserve. Before the Netherlands
>forces captiulated, with only four aircraft surviving, two of them did
>manage to sink a Japanese destroyer and damage some transports. No note to
>whether or not they did shoot down any Japanese aircraft. 

Thanks, Cookie, for the correction and additional information.

Marc

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