Admiral Beez
Major
By Nov 1941 Britain had five Brewster Buffalo squadrons with a total of sixty operational aircraft, plus spares. If Britain never got any Buffaloes, perhaps they're shipped to Russia, DEI, kept at home, etc.... what fighter would have been sent to Malaya to be operational by Nov 1941?
Perhaps sufficient Gladiators and Mohawks could be had to equip five squadrons. Maybe with the BoB over, the Defiant could go, but that requires twice the flight crews. Or perhaps nothing is sent, leaving Malaya defence to the fighter-equipped Blenheims, plus the Hudsons and Vilderbeests.
More Blenheims with their gun pack of four 0.303 would rattle any IJA bombers, but they'd be slaughtered by Oscars and the like.
The Blenheim's Back!
Perhaps sufficient Gladiators and Mohawks could be had to equip five squadrons. Maybe with the BoB over, the Defiant could go, but that requires twice the flight crews. Or perhaps nothing is sent, leaving Malaya defence to the fighter-equipped Blenheims, plus the Hudsons and Vilderbeests.
More Blenheims with their gun pack of four 0.303 would rattle any IJA bombers, but they'd be slaughtered by Oscars and the like.
The Blenheim's Back!
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