Author Topic: Update#4 - Aircraft and Vehicle Service Dates (Read 1400 times)

Mister Fork · « **on:** November 15, 2005, 06:18:40 PM »

Edit #4. Added Spitfire VIII, removed Bf109G-10.

Aircraft and Vehcile Service Dates
Updated: November 15, 2005

Aircraft
USA
A-20G ... 5-42
B-17G ... 6-43
B-24J ... 5-43
B-26B ... 5-42
C-47A ... 12-41
P-38G ... 11-42
P-38J ... 12-43(ETO) 2-44(PTO)
P-38L ... 7-44
P-40B ... 1-41
P-40E ... 8-41
P-47D-11 ... 3-43(D5) to 1-44(D11)
P-47D-25 ... 5-44
P-47D-40 ... 1-45(ETO)
P-47N ... 6-45
P-51B ... 12-43(ETO),8-44(CBI)
P51D ... 5-44(ETO),1-45(CBI&PTO)
F4F-4 ... 9-41(ETO),5-42(PTO)
FM-2 ... 6-44(ETO),10-44(PTO)
F6F-5 ... 7-44
F4U-1 ... 2-43(ETO),4-44(ETO)
F4U-1D ... 4-44
F4U-1C ... 4-45
F4U-4 ... 4-45
F6F-5 ... 7-44
SBD-5 ... 5-43
TBM-3 ... 2-43

Britain
Boston MK III ... 5-41
Hurricane Mk I ... 5-40
Hurricane IIC ... 4-41
Hurricane IID ... 6-42
Lancaster III ... 3-42
Mosquito Mk VI ... 7-43(ETO),11-43(PTO&CBI)
Spitfire Mk IA ... 8-40
Seafire IIC ... 10-42,11-43(ETO)
Spitfire V ... 4-41
Spitfire VIII ... 7-43
Spitfire Mk IX ... 7-42
Spitfire Mk XIV ... 5-44,7-45(CBI)
Spitfire Mk XVI ... 7-44
Tempest V ... 6-44
Typhoon IB ... 6-43

Soviet
Il-2 Type 3 ... 10-42
La-5FN ... 3-43
La-7 ... 6-44
Yak-9T ... 1-43
Yak-9U ... 7/8-44

Italy
C.202 ... 11-41
C.205 ... 1-43

Japan
A6M2 ... 7-40
A6M5b ... 8-43
B5N2 ... 7-40
D3A-1 ... 7-40
Ki-61 ... 6-43
Ki-84-la ... 8-44 (CBI),10-44(PTO)
Ki-67 ... 4-44
N1K2-J ... 1-45

Germany
Ar 234B ... 12-44
Bf 109E-4 ... 5-40
Bf 109F-4 ... 6-41
Bf 109G-2 ... 6-42
Bf 109G-6 ... 2-43
Bf 109G-14 ... 7-44
Bf 109K-4 ... 10-44
Bf 110C-4b ... 8-40
Bf 110G-2 ... 5-42
Fw 190A-5 ... 6-43
Fw 190A-8 ... 2-44
Fw 190D-9 ... 12-44
Fw 190F-8 ... 4-44
Ju 88A-4 ... 5-41
Me 262 ... 10-44
Me 163 ... 9-44
Ta 152H ... 1-45

Vehicles
USA
LVT(A)2 ...2-44
LVT(A)4 ...3-44
M-3 Halftrack...3-41
M-8 ...9-42
M-16 ...5-43

Germany
Ostwind ... 8-44
Panzer IV Type H ... 8-44
Tiger I ...8-42

Soviet
T-34/76 ... 2-43

Theatres of Operations
PTO - Pacific
ETO - Europe
CBI - China-Burma-India/CHINA-BURMA-INDIA

mussie · « **Reply #1 on:** November 15, 2005, 07:28:25 PM »

Nice Work

Mister Fork · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2005, 09:07:59 AM »

If there no more comments, I'm going to ask Skuzzy to STICK this. Thanks everyone for your help in making this list complete!

Virage · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2005, 09:22:06 AM »

Nice job!

Is the P47N a post-WII aircraft?

Sable · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2005, 09:28:52 AM »

WWII ended in 8-45.

F4UDOA · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2005, 10:06:27 AM »

Is this combat service or just in service?

Bruno · « **Reply #6 on:** November 17, 2005, 10:15:48 AM »

The F6F-5 is listed twice.

The La-5FN didn't see combat until Kursk July-August '43: (7 / 8-43)

10. IAK
since ca. 23.7.43 - 3.8.1943
Gen. Mjr. M. M. Golovnia

---- 201. IAD
---- Col. V.A. Sryvkin

-------- 13. IAP (La-5FN) Mjr. A. K. Lyshkov
-------- 236. IAP (Jak-1) Capt. S. M. Petrukhov
-------- 437. IAP (La-5FN) Mjr. M. S. Khvostikov

You need to check with Tilt but I don't think the La-5FN was deployed that far in advance (5 months).

Bruno · « **Reply #7 on:** November 17, 2005, 10:16:37 AM »

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Originally posted by F4UDOA
Is this combat service or just in service?

Squadron Service / Full deployment

Virage · « **Reply #8 on:** November 17, 2005, 11:21:03 AM »

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Originally posted by Sable
WWII ended in 8-45.

Did the p47n serve in the pacific?

Sable · « **Reply #9 on:** November 17, 2005, 11:58:49 AM »

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Originally posted by Virage
Did the p47n serve in the pacific?

Yes, the additional fuel allowed it to be used as an escort for the B-29s. I believe they operated from Iwo Jima.

Mister Fork · « **Reply #10 on:** November 17, 2005, 01:22:07 PM »

Edits to do:
- change service date of La-5 to 7-43.
- remove the duplicate F6F

anything else?

1K3 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 17, 2005, 01:50:27 PM »

about the USSR plane deployments

from '42 VVS pilots were still flying i-16, mig3s, and lagg-3s, and brand new P-39s from USA right? then in 43 the *fighter gap* becamee very narrow when yaks9s and la5s appeared in # right?

1K3 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 19, 2007, 03:36:42 AM »

Isn't our 3-gun La-7 with improved suppose to be a (April) 1945 plane?

Stoney74 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 19, 2007, 08:32:23 AM »

You may want to provide an asterisk or some other annotation for those planes that were basically the same, but had earlier versions. I.e. F4F4 date of 5-42 in PTO could be a bit confusing if someone doesn't know the F4F3 was in service much earlier. SBD and TBM are also good examples.

Bruno · « **Reply #14 on:** March 19, 2007, 09:07:21 AM »

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You may want to provide an asterisk or some other annotation for those planes that were basically the same, but had earlier versions. I.e. F4F4 date of 5-42 in PTO could be a bit confusing if someone doesn't know the F4F3 was in service much earlier. SBD and TBM are also good examples.

The list isn't compiled for stupid or lazy people - this list, or a forum of it, has been researched and re-researched since AH began. The point is to get an accurate list of service dates (not production or proto-type etc...) so that those planning event / scenarios can use it as a reference. It's up to the event / scenario designer to decide what planes will be used as a 'substitute' and its up to him to make an argument (hopefully) based on accurate service introduction dates. If he feels the SBD-5 or F4F-4 can 'stand in' for earlier models then that's his responsibility to explain why.

What gets confusing for folks is when the list contains asterisks and other qualifiers showing dates for planes not in the game. Some may make assumptions that since such and such plane saw service in July '44 and the other in March '44 that they are 'close' enough - where as others may not agree.