{"id":858,"date":"2019-12-03T19:51:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T02:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=858"},"modified":"2022-11-08T04:54:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T11:54:18","slug":"brewster-bermuda","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/brewster-bermuda\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewster Bermuda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Brewster Bermuda (SB2A Buccaneer)<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Brewster-Bermuda.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Brewster-Bermuda.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Brewster Bermuda\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>This aircraft is currently offsite for restoration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Brewster Bermuda is perhaps the least successful Allied aircraft of World War II.\u00a0 The U.S. Navy first ordered the design in 1939 as the SB2A Buccaneer.\u00a0 The British and Dutch also ordered versions of the aircraft in the early desperate days of the war.\u00a0 Brewster\u2019s endemic production problems and the generally poor performance of the type resulted in delays that prevented the Dutch from taking delivery of any of their aircraft before the country was overrun by Germany.\u00a0 The British did take possession of some of their aircraft, but like the U.S. Navy found them to be totally unsuited to combat duty.\u00a0 The Americans and British eventually used some of the aircraft as target tugs and trainers, but many were sent straight from the assembly line to surplus scrap piles when the U.S. government shut down the Brewster production lines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of only two Bermudas known to exist this aircraft was found at an airfield in Tullahoma, Tennessee in the 1970s.\u00a0 The remains of British markings are visible on the fuselage leading to the conclusion that this is one of the British aircraft that was left undelivered at the end of Brewster\u2019s existence.\u00a0 The aircraft was recovered by the Military Aircraft Restoration Corp. for rebuilding.\u00a0 In 2004, it was placed on loan to the Pima Air &amp; Space Museum for restoration and display.\u00a0 The aircraft was purchased by the museum in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>47 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>39 ft 2 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>15 ft 5 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>14,289 lbs (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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