Aircraft Service dates

[Wotan]

This post should be in the Aircraft and Vehicle forums (or even the event forums) but I figured I would post it here for the benefit of the CT CM's to reference when planning their set ups.

There have been a number of these 'service date' lists complied over the years but I am going to paste a quote based on a an edited version of an 'aircraft service date' article as compile by Neil Stirling and originally posted on Butch's AAW2 forum.

There are a number of aircraft variants that I am unsure about in terms of which ones are in Aces High. I will try to high lite those in bold.

I will also include some aircraft that are not in AH but can be used of the basis for evaluating substitutions. A lot of the Aces High aircraft are left out of this list.

Hurricane MK I January 1938.
111 SQN The Hawker Hurricane. Francis K Mason.
+12lbs boost as of March 1940. A.P. 1590B/J.2-W
All Merlin III fitted with C.P props by August 1940.

Spitfire MK Ia August 1938.
19 SQN . The British Fighters Since 1912. Francis K Mason.
+12lbs boost as of March 1940. All Merlin III fitted with C.P props by August 1940.

*110-C January 1939.
An Illustrated Anatomy of the Worlds Fighters. Green and Swanborough[/i]

note:Only 20 Bf 110C-4 were fitted with DB601N.

This total applies to both C-4 and C-4/B, even for the C-7 which was a "serialized" C-4/B. Only 7 out of 39 aircraft were equipped with DB601N.

Erprobungsgruppe 210, the fighter-bomber unit in 1940, flew several different variants of the Bf 110. The 'C-6', which 1. Staffel, ZG 1, brought with them upon redesignation to 1./Erpr. Gr. 210, had a 30 mm. MG 101 Kanone in place of the two 20 mm. Kanone. Stab and 2nd Staffel were equipped with Bf 110 D-0/Bs from the outset. As the BoB progressed, and replacement aircraft were issued to the unit, the 'D-0's started to be equipped with the uprated DB 601 N engine. However as late as 27 September 1940 there was evidence of the unit using a 'D' with a 601 A engine (Gruppenkommandeur Martin Lutz's S9+DH shot down at Tarrant Gunville on that date). In the later stages of the BoB, the unit were flying the new 'E' version, evidenced by it beginning to appear in the damage/loss lists. Also the unit recorded the loss of a Bf 110 C-7 in November. The 'C-7' was an earlier-version Bf 110, sent to a repair facility, outfitted with bomb racks, and re-designated as a 'C-7' variant. Hence you will find 'C-7's with W.Nr.
that relate to earlier sub-variant types. The bible on all of this is the Petrick/Mankau book:

'Bf110/Me210/Me410'.

A wonderful reference work for anyone with more than a passing interest in the Bf 110. [/i][/color]

Bf 109E-4 May 1940.
I understand that the Bf 109E-4 entered service in May 1940, armed with the MG-FF/M version of the MG-FF cannon, although I can't offhand provide a source
Provisional. Tony williams
Bf 109 E-4:
At least JG 2, JG 51, JG 52 and JG 77 were equipped (at least partly) by E-4s during the French campaign.
For example, Bf 109 E-4 from Stab III/JG 52 crash-landed at Roye, France on 21st May 1940. The pilot was Major Dr. Erich Mix.
Squadron Service Entry-date: May 1940
"Full deployment": June 1940
Also most of the earlier Emils were upgraded to the E-4 standard during the summer of 1940.
Kossu.

A6M2 July 1940.
Pre series A6M2 operational over China.
An Illustrated Anatomy of the Worlds Fighters. Green and Swanborough

*F4F-3 January 1941.
VF-4 and VF-7.
US Navy and Marine Corps Fighters. Green and Swanborough[/i]

P-40B. Reach sqn’s February 1941.
War Planes Fighters 4. Green.

Spitfire MK V February 1941.
92 SQN The British Fighter Since 1912. Mason.
+16lbs boost as of July 1942.

Hurricane IIc April 1941.
1 and 257 SQN.
The Hawker Hurricane. Mason.

Bf 109F-4 June 1941
The second large scale production variant of the Fs. Deliveries began a few months after the appearance of the F-2, and the first F-4s reached the front line units in June 1941. (Prien & Rodeike)
Squadron Service Entry-date: June 1941
"Full deployment": July 1941
Kossu.
1.3 ata to May 1942.
Olivier.

MC 202 August 1941.
1 and 4 Stormo
Exec.

P40E-CU August 1941
Peril
60”hg as of December 42, previously and unofficially anything up to 70”hg used.

*Fw 190A-3 March 1942.
II./JG 26. German Aircraft of the Second World War. Smith and Kay.[/i]

Spitfire MK IX May1942.
81 SQN The British Fighter Since 1912 Mason

Seafire IIc June 1942.
The Seafire the Spitfire that went to Sea. David Brown.

Bf 109 G-2 June 1942.
The first units, III/JG 52 and I/JG 54, received their G-2s in June 1942. The first loss reports are from July 7th and 8th 1942. (Prien & Rodeike)
Squadron Service Entry-date: June 1942
"Full deployment": July 1942[/i]
Kossu.
DB 605A restricted to 1.3 ata still not cleared 9/43, completely cleared for 1.42ata as of April 44? MW50 as of April 1944..

F4U-1 October 1942.
VMF-124
US Navy and Marine Corps Fighters. Green and Swanborough[/color]

109G-6 February 1943
Adam
Bf 109 G-6 "EARLY":
G-6 Entered service and saw action with II/JG 53, II/JG 77, JG 27 and JG 51 in February 1943. (Prien & Rodeike)
Squadron Service Entry-date: February 1943
"Full deployment": February 1943
Kossu.
Bf 109 G-6 "LATE" (G-6/U2 with GM-1, G-6/U3 with MW-50 and G-6/U4 with Mk 108, 30 mm nose cannon):
From August 1943 some G-6s were equipped with either GM-1 or MW-50 boost systems, Galland-Panzer and Erla Haube cockpits, 30 mm cannon and with the option to use the WGr 21 under-wing rockets. (Prien & Rodeike, H. Valtonen) The boost systems were rather rare, but the cockpit and weapons modifications were wide spread and factory made.
Squadron Service Entry-date: August 1943 (limited numbers)
"Full deployment": November 1943
The (GM-1/)MW-50 equipped birds in quite limited numbers till around late 1944.

Its not very reliable, MW-50 was retroffited to /U2 appeared in May 1944 when 200 conversion kits were issued to modify already produced a/c and those then in production modified directly on the assembly line.
Note that even if they do not appear as such on RLM production listings, those new built aircraft were considered G-14 (as per dataplate) rather than /U2s. Only those modified in the field kept the /U2 label.
Besides the /U3 was attributed to the G-6 modified for recce purposes which were to predecessors to the G-8.
Butch.

FW190A-5 February 1943.
1./JG26.
Exec.

MC 205 April 1943.
1 and 4 Stormo.
Exec.

P-47D arrives in the UK April 1943.
USAAF Fighters of WW2 Micheal O'Leary.

note: In previous list the D-11 was listed as early '44.[/color]

Typhoon Sabre IIa +9lbs April 1943. The Hawker Typhoon and Tempest. Mason.[/color]

Mosquito FB VI sr1 May 1943.
418 SQN The British Fighter Since 1912. Mason.[/color]

Yak 9T June 1943. Operational combat trials.
16th Air Army.
Soviet Combat Aircraft of the 2nd World War. Gordon and Khazanov.

La-5FN July 1943. Service tests.
32nd Guards Air Corps.
Soviet Combat Aircraft of the 2nd World War. Gordon and Khazanov.

Mosquito FB VI sr ii2
418 Squadron RCAF received its first Mosquito FB.VI Series II aircraft direct from de Havillands on 17 July 1943. My source is a file put together by Canadian Aviation Historian Hugh Halliday, who in turn used aircraft movement cards.
This ties up well with the Mosquito "bible" by Sharp & Bowyer which say the HX series began being delivered from 14 July 1943 onwards.
mxhut (Mark)
+25lbs boost July 1944.[/color]

FM 2 Autumn 1943.
310 accepted by years end. US Navy and Marine Corps Fighters Green and Swanborough.
Operational on USN Carriers with water injection) July 1944. AHT Dean.

F4U-1A Water Injection November 1943.
Americas 100,000. Dean.[/color]

Fw 190A-8 December 1943.
Fw 190 BMW 801D all aircraft cleared for C-3 injection 1.65 ata high and low gear.

P-51B V-1650-3 December 1943. V-1650-7 delivery as of February 1944. Mustang designer, Edgar Schmued and the development of the P-51. Ray Wagner.
72”hg as of June 1944. All British V-1650-7 engines modified for +25lbs boost as of August 1944.

Spitfire MK XIV December 1943.
610 SQN The British Fighter Since 1912. Mason.
+21lbs boost as of July 1944.
http://www.fourthfightergroup.com/eagles/no610orb.jpg

Tempest V Sabre IIa April
3 SQN and 486 SQN
+11lbs boost as of July 1944 The Hawker Typhoon and Tempest. Mason.

F4U-1D April 1944.

P-51D May 1944.
375th and 376th Fighter Sqns.
Exec.
Arrive with the 8th Air Force just before D day. Mustang designer, Edgar Schmued and the development of the P-51. Ray Wagner.
As P-51B.

*Bf 109G-6AS May 1944.
The Bf 109 G-6/AS:
JG 1, JG 5 and JG 11 received their first models in late spring 1944. (Prien & Rodeike)
Squadron Service Entry-date: April/May 1944 (limited numbers)
(This variant was not very significant operationally due to low numbers manufactured. The G-14/AS would be a much better representative of the AS variants IMO. Game-play comment for WB)
Kossu.[/i]

P-38L June 1944.

F6F-5 June 1944.

Me 262 July 1944.
Erprobungskommando 262.
Warplanes of the Third Reich. William Green.

[Wotan]

*109G-14 July 1944.
Adam
BF 109 G-14:
About 5500 made (abt. 1000 of which were G-14/AS versions)
G-14 entered service with II/JG 11 and Stab/JG 53 in July 1944.
Squadron Service Entry-date: July 1944 (limited numbers)
"Full deployment": August 1944
Kossu.

*109G-14/AS July 1944.
Adam
G-14/AS entered service with II/JG 27 and I/JG 77 in August 1944. (Prien & Rodeike)
Kossu.[/i]

Ki.84-1a operational debut August 1944.
22nd Fighter Sentai.
Famous Fighters of the Second World war. Green.

Fw 190D-9 first delivered to III/JG54 in September
Bryan Bury
MW 50 February 1945.
Olivier

Tempest V Sabre IIb. Delivered from September 1944.
The Hawker Typhoon and Tempest. Mason.

La-7 September 1944. Service tests.
63rd Guards Fighter Air Corps.
Soviet Combat Aircraft of the 2nd World War. Gordon and Khazanov.

Yak 9U October 1944. Operational combat trials.
163rd Fighter Air Regiment.
Soviet Combat Aircraft of the 2nd World War. Gordon and Khazanov.
Combat trial in 163 FAR 25 oct. - 25 dec. 44.
Severe overheating problems at combat power. Overheating at normal power in level flight with fully open radiators (+30C weather). Planes with redesigned cooling system in production from Dec.44. No overheating in climb (2800rpm) and level flight (3000 rpm) with radiators in "maximum speed" position.
"Istrebiteli Yak perioda Velikoi Otechestvennoy Voiny" A.T.Stepanetz.
(Yak fighters of Great Patriotic War period)
Voodoo

109G-10 October 1944.
Adam

*109K-4 October 1944.
Adam
Bf 109 K-4:
Entered service with III/JG 4, Stab+I,II,III,IV/JG 27 and II/Jg 77 in October 1944. (Prien & Rodeike, H. Valtonen)
Squadron Service Entry-date: October 1944
Kossu.
1.98ata as of March 1945.
Olivier.[/i]

Typhoon 1b Sabre IIb new deliveries from January 1945, older aircraft refitted with Sabre IIb during 1944.
The Hawker Typhoon and Tempest. Mason.

Ta-152H on 27 Janurary 1945.
III/JG301 and Stab JG301
They had completed 120 flight by 1 February but didn't see their first live action until 2 March.
Dietmar Harmann "Focke-Wulf Ta 152", ISBN 0-7643-0860-2
Bryan.

Ok

colors = aircraft that I am not sure which exact variant we have in AH and/or special notes.

indented +bold + *

= aircraft with what I think can be used as reasonable substitutes.

For example the G10 can fill in for any of the later war 109s like the G14/AS, G-10 and K-4 all had the same DB603 supercharger and MW-50 but differing power outputs. The exception would be the non-AS G-14 or the G6/AS. The current G6 in AH would be ok to use in there place. It would be slower at alititude then the G6/AS and slower ont he deck then the G-14 since it has no mw50.

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by Wotan
This post should be in the Aircraft and Vehicle forums (or even the event forums) but I figured I would post it here for the benefit of the CT CM's to reference when planning their set ups.

Thanks, Wotan!

- oldman

[Mister Fork]

[Crumpp]

Fw 190A-8 December 1943.

The FW-190A8 was not cleared for 1.58ata/1.65ata in the "special emergency power for fighters" until July'44.

That same month the RLM directed the JG's to begin changing power eggs in the FW-190A8 to either the Hybrid BMW 801TH or the BMW 801TS.  This brings them up to FW-190A9 standards.  All FW-190A8/R11's produced had the BMW801TS motor installed.

There is some conflicting information on the name change.  Some of the reference reports are at the translator at this time but the one document I have here says:

The designation will remain FW-190A8.

The FW-190A9 mounted all 4 801 motors as well.  The BMW801D2Q became a "backfill" motor that was installed if the others were not available.  It was replaced when they the others came on hand.

Great Post Wotan.

Crumpp