No!
The P40's did well enough (ever hear of the AVG?). The Wildcats could also hold their own.
But it was the Buffalo that had the unique distinction to show so little accomplishments.
Wildcats were not fighting in the NEI, nor near Singapore.
This is for the Pacific, not Russian front.
It's still a Buffalo, shows that the a/c was capable of something.
Those who keep bringing up Buffalo performance in the ETO are beating a dead horse. The reason the Finns or Dutch had some success withe Buffalo is that "Ole ugly is better than ole nothing." The carrier war in the PTO was different than the air war in the ETO.
The Dutch didn't use the Buffalo in the ETO. It was in Nederlands Indie.
BTW, the Wildcat had their problems with undercarriage, too.
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