My synopsis IMHO.
P-39 - Who doesn’t love a big gun except for the guy who gets hit by one? Even slow ones with low fire rates. Good variant potential and use on multiple fronts in scenarios. Lack of performance at altitude not a huge minus in the arenas. I find the P-39 to be peculiarly endearing despite or perhaps because of its flaws and reputation.
Brewster Buffalo – My sentimental choice to win. For nearly 12 years, Finns have asked me for this. Their passion for this plane is contagious. I’ve wanted to give them one ever since I read Double Fighter Knight about 10 years ago. That really gave me an appreciation of the FAF and the sturdiness of Finns in general. Of course, now that I’ve said it’s my sentimental favorite, if it happens to win it will provoke more conspiracy theories than Patrick Ewing going to the Knicks in the first NBA draft lottery.
Me 410 - I think this plane has the biggest cool factor. It would be the most fun to build. From cockpit to armament to gunner position, it’s atypical. I’ve always wanted to do one of these.
He 111 – Iconic plane. Hard to really get fully immersed into a BoB scenario without them but its utility doesn’t really extend far beyond that.
B-25 – Cool plane, one of my favorites as a kid and another sentimental favorite for various reasons. Good for several variants and who wouldn’t want to fly a plane that has a 75mm cannon and 14 .50s?
Pe-2 or Tu-2 – There’s a gaping hole when it comes to Russian bombers. The Tu-2 is a really nice plane but the Pe-2 is certainly more definitive of the type.
Yak 3 – I put this in here because I don’t believe we can make this as a Yak 9 variant. Although it looks the same, its fuselage is dimensionally quite different IIRC. This is a really fun plane. It’s like a little sports car roadster.
G.55 – Italians seem to love this plane like Finns love their Brewster. A nice plane although somewhat boutique. Going off on a tangeant, if I could add only one more Italian plane, it would be the SM.79. Of course, the SM.79 would have no chance to win in the voting but it still should be done one day.
Japanese fighter - Ki 44, J2M, Ki 45, or Ki 43 – There’s fun to be had here that most people don’t realize. I have to group them together so as not to split the votes for people just wanting to see more Japanese planes but each of these are interesting in their own right.
A-26 - Honestly, this plane will end up as a light perk but more things to spend bomber perks on are needed. Helluva plane that would completely upstage every other medium bomber in the game.
