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THE SAGA OF BW-372

In August 1998, the small world of Brewster Buffalo buffs was electrified by the news that a Finnish Brewster had been salvaged from a lake in Russia. (Above: Tal Donaldson's computer portrait of BW-372 as it looked on its last mission; © 2001 by Tal "Thumper" Donaldson.) Over the next six years, hopes were raised and dashed, as the salvors smuggled the plane out of Russia and then tried to find a buyer; the buyers, meanwhile, fretted about the ownership trail. At last, in August 2004, BW-372 was acquired by the Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida, which will display the aircraft in its Finnish Air Force warpaint. Here are my files about BW-372:

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