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Originally Posted by tater
The F2B did great for Finland. For kill to loss ratio arguably one of the best planes ever, actually.
F2Bs were not great, but they suffered from the primary problem of aircraft at the very start of the Pacific War. Lack of numbers. The Zero is too often credited with being grossly superior to what it fought. It was not. Often it was the better plane, but what drove the lopsided victories was simple NUMBERS. "Firstest with the mostest."
The IJNAF and IJAAF put many planes at the sharp end at once. In the NEI and Malaya, literally many dozens of japanese fighters with 2, 3, or 4 Brewsters to hold them off. It could have been 4 F6Fs, and they'd STILL have been slaughtered.
Quantity has a quality all its own.
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Actually.....read about MOH Winner Cdr David McCampbell, the USN's leading ACE of WW II.McCampbell and his wingman, alone in two F6F Hellcats faced about 60(some say 90) Japanese planes in 1944, mostly fighters.McCampbell himself took out 9, his wingman downed several.
Quality of the plane in addition to pilot skill matters.