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Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series
HA7009
Brewster Model 239 flown by Ilmari Juutilainen
3/LeLv 24, Suulajarvi, Dec 1942 "Orange 4"
LIMITED EDITION

Accurate 1/48 scale

Professionally painted

Pad applied markings

Opening canopy

Pilot figure

Movable rudder

Retractable Landing Gear

Specifications for the Brewster Model B-239

Manufacturer – Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, USA

Crew – (1) pilot

Performance
Engine – (1) air-cooled Wright R-1820-G5 Cyclone 9 cylinder 950 HP radial
Propeller – Hamilton-Standard variable pitch – metal
Maximum Speed – 478 km/h @ 4,750 m   (297 mph @ 15,580 ft)
Cruising Speed – 380 km/h   (236 mph)
Maximum Range – 760 km   (472 miles)
Flight Duration – 4 hours
Maximum Ceiling – 9,900 m   (32,480 ft)

Dimensions
Wing Span – 10.67 m   (35 ft)
Length – 8.03 m   (26.35 ft)
Height – 3.66 m   (12 ft)

Weight
Empty – 2,020 kg   (4,453 lbs)
Maximum – 2,640 kg   (5,820 lbs)

Armament
Originally equipped with a single 0.30" machine gun but it was replaced with a 0.50" (12.7
mm). In 1943 all except one Finnish B-239s had four 0.50" machine guns. The wing guns
had 400 rounds and fuselage guns 200 rounds each (0.30" had 600 rounds).

In 1939 the US diverted some Brewster Buffaloes to Finland that had USN equipment
removed such as self-sealing fuel tanks and pilot armor plus This lighter aircraft also
receive a different engine. These aircraft were designated Brewster Model B-239. The
Finns added an armored pilot backrest and metric instruments. They also added their
own gun-sights and four .50 inch (12.7mm) machine guns. In Finland the aircraft was
referred to as the Brewster, never the Buffalo. A few nicknames were given to the
Brewster such as Taivaan helmi ("Sky Pearl") or Pohjoisten taivaiden helmi ("Pearl of the
Northern Skies") also Pylly-Valtteri ("Butt-Walter"), Amerikanrauta ("American hardware"
or "American car") and Lentävä kaljapullo ("flying beer-bottle").

The most famous Finnish pilot of WWII was lentomestari (flight champion) Eino Ilmari
"Illu" Juutilainen of 3rd Flight "Knight Flight" LeLv 24 (Fighter Squadron 24). Between
June 1941 and February 1943 Juutilainen shot down 28 aircraft while flying his “Orange
4” (BW-364) Brewster B239 before changing to a Messerschmitt Bf-109G. By the end of
WWII he had accumulated a total 94 victories and twice won the Mannerheim Cross, the
highest award in the Finnish Air Force. LeLv 24 was the most successful with 460 kills
flying the Brewsters. The last flight of the Model B-239 in Finland was in September of
1948.

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