In the 1941 "continuing war" between The Bison and the Seagulls, a Soviet Air Force I-15 Seagull biplane fighter was compared with a Finnish Air Force Bison fighter

Bison vs. seagulls

In the 1941 "continuing war" between Finland and the Soviet Union, a Soviet Air Force I-15 Seagull biplane fighter competed with a Finnish Air Force Bison fighter. The Finnish Air Force's Brewster F2A-1 Bison was purchased from the United States and exported as the B-239. The general impression of the "bison" by Finnish pilots is that it is easy to drive, has a large range and is easy to maintain. The problem of the Bison Wright Wright engine being prone to overheating was also solved by coming to the cold land of Finland. In the course of the battle against the Soviets, Finland claimed that the Bison had achieved a 33-to-1 ratio of losses to the G.50 from the Italian Fiat. The typical tactic of the Finnish Air Force in using the "Bison" is a two-by-two system of 4 aircraft, that is, a two-air formation to lure the enemy at a low altitude and another two-air formation to wait at a high altitude. Once the enemy planes were lured in, the high-altitude formation carried out a dive attack. The most accomplished buffalo ace in the Finnish Air Force was Lieutenant Hans Wind of the 24th Fighter Squadron, who created 39 shotdowns in the war. Although the emblem of the Finnish Air Force in World War II is similar to the emblem of the Nazi Party, there is no direct connection between the two. The blue swastika in the Finnish aircraft emblem comes from the personal coat of arms of the original patron of the Finnish Air Force, the Financier, Earl Eric von Rosen of Sweden.