RAF Brewster Buffalo

The Brewster Buffalo fared better against the Nakajima Ki-27 (Nate).

6 were shot down over Sumatra.

The Brewster Buffalo Marl I No 453 Squadron RAAF being inspected by RAF personnel at Sembawang Airfield, Singapore on 12 October 1941.

TheNakajima Ki-43 (Oscar) proved too formidable for the slow and heavy Buffalos.

The poorly equiped RAF depended on the slow and heavy Brewster Buffalo fighter to defend Malaya. The fighter didnt stand a fighting chance against the more agile Japanese fighters.