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Last Buffalo Lands At Pensacola

Gary Villiard's Quest Pays Off

It's supposedly the only Brewster Buffalo left -- and now, it's in Pensacola (FL), being primped for display.

For Gary Villiard, it's the fruitful end to a long struggle.

The Buffalo was in the service of the Finnish Air Force when it was shot down by Russians in 1942. It came to rest in a lake, where it languished until Villiard took up the search. He spent a decade looking for the Buffalo. But when he found it, he lost it to the Russians.

Then he got it back. Then he almost lost it again -- fighting the US government for possession of the warbird.

Finally, the aircraft has wound up on the loading dock at the Pensacola Naval Air Station (FL), where it will be reassembled and displayed at the National Museum of Naval Aviation.

The Brewster Buffalo was America's first all-metal, mono wing fighter, quickly outclassed at the onset of WWII. This one had been part of a 44-aircraft sale to Finland when the war broke out in 1939.

FMI: www.naval-air.org

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