Brewster Buffalo Mark I, AS426, on the ground with engine running at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, during a display of new aircraft types acquired from the USA. AS426 was one of 33 aircraft from a Belgian contract, taken over by the British Government, following the German invasion, most of which were passed to the Fleet Air Arm. A Brewster Buffalo Mk I at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire, 24 February 1941. Brewster Buffalo's were briefly assigned to 71 Eagle Sqn RAF and rumored to have been damaged deliberately by the pilots on instruction from their leader, in order that more suitable replacement aircraft be sent to replace them. IWM Photo - E(MOS) 218