Midway-based Marine Fighter Squadron 221 (VMF-221) was composed of Brewster F2A-3 Buffaloes and Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats. Thirteen Buffaloes were lost defending against the early morning 4 June Japanese attack against Midway. Gordon W. Prange in Miracle A
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