Last of the Buffalos On June 25, 1942, Finnish Lieutenant Lauri Pekuri shot down two Soviet Hawker Hurricanes before another set his Brewster B-239, No. BW-372, on fire, forcing him to ditch in Lake Kolejärvi, in eastern Karelia, and swim ashore. In the summer of 1998, BW-372 was recovered from the lake in remarkably good …
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