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The Buccaneer was as unsuccessful in its designed role of carrier-borne dive-bomber as the F2A had been as a fighter. First flown on 17 June 1941, this was a mid-wing all-metal monoplane fitted with a 1,267kW Wright Double-Row Cyclone R-2600-8 engine. Production deliveries were made to the RAF in 1942 as SB2A-1 (known as Bermuda and quickly relegated to training and target-towing duties), and to the US Navy from 1943 as SB2A-2, -3 and -4; the latter were produced for the Netherlands East Indies but were not delivered and were used instead as trainers. A total of 750 Buccaneers were built.
| MODEL | SB2A-3 |
| CREW | 2 |
| ENGINE | 1 x Wright R-2600-8 Cyclone, 1268kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 6480 kg | 14286 lb |
| Empty weight | 4500 kg | 9921 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 14.33 m | 47 ft 0 in |
| Length | 11.94 m | 39 ft 2 in |
| Height | 4.7 m | 15 ft 5 in |
| Wing area | 35.21 m2 | 379.00 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 440 km/h | 273 mph |
| Cruise speed | 260 km/h | 162 mph |
| Ceiling | 7590 m | 24900 ft |
| Range w/max.fuel | 2700 km | 1678 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 2 x 12.7mm machine-guns, 4 x 7.62mm machine-guns, 450kg of bombs |
 | A three-view drawing (836 x 1247) |
| W. Wolland Sterchi, OldAsDirt1914(@)AOL.COM, 14.08.2008 I have pictures of Brewster SB2A-1 at Tullahoma, TN in the 1970s. Also have inspection cover I took off wing. |
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COMPANY
PROFILE
FACTS AND FIGURES© The prototype was tested with a
mock-up powered dorsal turret, but
this caused such buffeting that it
was abandoned and traditional
hand-aimed guns were used instead. © The firepower of the Bermuda
was the same as the Spitfire
Mk 1 - eight machine guns,
albeit distributed between the
cowling, wings and rear cockpit. © The RAF's Bermudas lacked the
arrester hook and folding wings of
the US Navy's SB2As.
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