A few statistics I have compiled for your edutainment. And yes, I have too much time at my hands, I know that, thank you.
This is what comes closest to "usage" data: The combination of kills and deaths every plane in AH2 had over the last twelve months. EW & MW arenas after the score was split are unaccounted for. But those two arenas only have 1-5 % of all MA kills anyway.
No real surprise: On top of the list are the usual suspects. Only those players always claiming "all I see are Spixteens" could be surprised
While the top 4 planes have about 25% combined, it's nice to see that all in all the plane usage is quite diverse
This is even more supported by the next figure:
Fighter kills sorted by ENY. The twelve low-ENY planes are not dominating the arena in such a way than one could expect, neither in total kills nor in K/D. And more than one third of all kills made by fighters are achieved in ENY 20+ planes. Half of that low-ENY planes are perked though. I guess the numbers would change considerably if perks would be abandoned.
One can see that the top five fighters are perked for good reason.
But one can only wonder while the Spit XIV (#23) still is.
This is a small curiosity, illustrating the influence of BBS on plane usage. Mid december we had a small discussion about the TA-152 FM, resulting in a few pilots giving it a try. You can see the results. One particular player alone had 20% of all TA152 kills that month.
While the Il-2 seems to be the undisputed King of the Tankbusters, the B-25H took the arenas by storm, considering it was introduced in September only. This can be seen when looking at the top 5 tankbusters only:
But please take note that the Il-2 has usually a K/D of 2.7 vs Panzer IV, while the B-25H has only a K/D of about 1.5.
