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weasel Pilot	posted 09-01- 12:31 PM According to National Geographic April 1999 the following planes were involved at Midway: A6M Zero 106/94 lost D3A Val 72/72 lost B5N Kate 93/81 lost TBF Avenger 6/5 lost F4F Wildcat 88/26 lost F2A Buffalo 21/13 lost SBD Dauntless 128/48 lost SB2U Vindicator 21/6 lost TBD Devestator 44/40 lost PBY Catalina 31/1 lost B-26 Marauder 4/2 lost B-17 Flying Fortress 17/2 lost It looks like we have a good portion of these planes either finished or in the making. Can someone put a percent completed on this list? Thanks... IP: Logged
SchaF Pilot	posted 09-01- 12:50 PM . [This message has been edited by SchaF (edited 09-01-2000).] IP: Logged
darthbob Pilot	posted 09-01- 01:55 PM i've got that too. cool article IP: Logged
Jerry Pilot	posted 09-01- 02:17 PM What I want to know is how those 8 Buffalo's survived! IP: Logged
Mighty General	posted 09-01- 02:41 PM Experienced pilots who dove away instead of dogfighting. One of the big problems with the Buffalos at Midway was the inexperienced pilots they had stationed there at the time. I remember one account where the flight leader's wingman was something like three hours out of training. Apparently, the Buffalo wasn't as bad as its reputation warrants. It was in the ballpark with the Wildcat. Both were horribly out-matched by a well-flown Zero. But a smart American pilot could be effective in them, if he was careful about picking his fights. IP: Logged
semmern Pilot	posted 09-01- 04:00 PM The name of the pilot in the only surviving Avenger was Ens. A.K. Earnest from VT-8, and his planes code numbers were 8-T-1. (Brag brag brag ) IP: Logged

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