In June, 1942 this plane along with 7 other B-239s engaged 10 Soviet Hurricanes. The pilot, Lt. Pekuri, shot down two Hurricanes but his damaged plane crashed on Lake Big Kolejärvi, near Segezha, Russia and sank. Lt. Pekuri survived and in 1950 became the first Finnish pilot to exceed the speed of sound. After an undertaking by the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida the wreck was rediscovered in 1998 and recovered. Since 2009, the aircraft, as the world's only surviving Brewster, has been on loan to the Suomen Ilmavoimamuseo where it is preserved in its battle damaged state.

The only preserved Brewster Buffalo fighter in the world. [Nikon D300 + Tokina 12-24mm/4]

Lauri Pekuri was shot down in this Brewster over the Soviet territory during the Second World War 25th June 1942. The wreckage was recovered from a lake in Russian Karelia in 1998. After 2008 preserved in Suomen Ilmavoimamuseo (Jyväskylä, Finland, EFJY). Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer E.J. Paavilainen.

Lauri Pekuri was shot down in this Brewster over the Soviet territory during the Second World War 25th June 1942. The wreckage was recovered from a lake in Russian Karelia in 1998. After 2008 preserved in Suomen Ilmavoimamuseo (Jyväskylä, Finland, EFJY). Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer V. Hollming.

The only preserved Brewster Buffalo fighter in the world. Ltn. Lauri Pekuri was shot down in this Brewster over the Soviet territory during the Second World War on 25 June 1942. The wreckage was recovered from a lake in Russian Karelia in 1998. [Nikon D300 + Tokina 12-24mm/4]