soc.history.war.world-war-ii

One thing I would like to know for sure. I remember hearing or
reading that after they arrived in 1940 the Finns replaced the USN
hard rubber tailwheel for a pneumatic tire with a wheel from a common
Finnish built wheelbarrow! Is that true or urban legend?

John

On Apr 7, 11:24 am, "Jukka O. Kauppinen"
wrote:
> > I see in Classic Wings and at the Annals of the Brewster Buffalo,
> >http://www.warbirdforum.com/buff.htm, that the Museum of Naval
> > Aviation has transferred the Brewster 239 BW-372 to the Finnish Air
> > Force Museum at Tikkakoski for a 5 year period.
>
> Photos:
>
> http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/photoreports/bw-372_photos/
>
> jok