The ambitious organally body building Brewster Comagny became famous mainly for the F2A Buffalo aircraft. The designers D.I. Brown and R.D.MacCart designed in 1936 an all-metal mid-winged fighter with retrectable undercarriage for US NAVY aircraft carrier fighter contest. US NAVY looked out for a replacment of obsolete F3F Biplane fighters. The prototype with the factory designation model 138 and military XF2a-1 took off in December 1937. US NAVY ordered fifty four aircraft under the designation F2A-1(factory designation model 349). Only few were put in service, the rest was sold to Finland. In March 1939 US NAVY ordered the Brewster Compagny to install the Wright R-1820-40 engine into the XF2A-1 airframe. The new engine had better output comparring to the orginal R-1820-22. This was the birth of the XF2A2 (model-339) prototype. it was equipped with new Curtis Electric propeller with electrical blade adjustment. some orther internal modifications were carried out too. US NAVY ordered 43 aircraft of the F2A-2 series in substitution of the F2A-1 machines sold to Finland. Belgian Air Force orderd 40 aircraft of the model 339B, wich was the land based vesion of F2A-2. Only two aircraft were delivered to Belgim before it was occupied by Germany. The rest of this orded aircraft delivered to Great Brittain where it was named Buffalo MK.I Royal Navy unsuccesfully used them in the Mediterranian Theathre. Futher Great Brittain ordered 170 aircraft of the model 339E though for its new performance these aircraft were moved to the CBI area. Mainly australian and New Zealander squadrons flew these aircraft. When the war broke out these squadrons participated in heavy defensive fights and suffered heavy losses. Buffaloes completely failed due to the low performances and the absence of the early warning system. Young and inadequately trained pilots ussually got into clash with Japanese counterparts during climbing to opertional altitude. For these heroie deeds they deserve our credit. similar fate had the dutch Baffaloes pilots. Dutch East Indies ordered 72 aircraft of model-339D. They were put in combat with similar results as the British ones. the last dutch Buffalo retreated to Australia in March 1942.

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Model 339C Buffalo, B-3100, personal mount of Lt.Guus Deibel, 2.-VI. G.V., Semplak airbase, Java Island, Dutch East Indies, end of 1941.
Model 339C Buffalo, B-3110, personal mount of 1e Lt.J.P.van Helsdingen, 2.-VI G.V., Kallang airbase, Singapore, 1942.
Model 339C or D Buffalo, No.1, ex ML-KNIL, tested by Koku Gijutsu Kenkyujo (Japanese Air Technical Reseach Labaratory), Andir airbase, Java Island, April 1942.
Model 339C or D Buffalo, No.2 ex ML-KNIL, tested byKoku Gijutsu Kenkyujo (Japanese Air Technical Reseach Labaratory), Andir airbase, Java Island , April 1942.

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