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Offline Rino

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« Reply #165 on: June 25, 2007, 11:56:00 PM »
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ROFLMAO@You

He was referring to the B-29 STRATOfortress.


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     Stratofortress should be a B-52 Akak.
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« Reply #166 on: June 26, 2007, 02:18:27 AM »
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Actually Dan, from what I understand it was only 4 inches per wing for RN carrier's elevator clearance.


Was just reading "Corsair KD431-The Time Capsule Fighter" about the restoration of the FAA Corsair in England and they mentioned 8 inches difference in the wings of an FAA Corsair and a USN bird.  It appears I misinterpreted that :)

Great book btw if you like FAA Corsairs.
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« Reply #167 on: June 26, 2007, 08:10:41 AM »
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Was just reading "Corsair KD431-The Time Capsule Fighter" about the restoration of the FAA Corsair in England and they mentioned 8 inches difference in the wings of an FAA Corsair and a USN bird.  It appears I misinterpreted that :)

Great book btw if you like FAA Corsairs.


Will look for it at the book store.  

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« Reply #168 on: June 26, 2007, 09:54:37 AM »
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I don't think that the B-52 dates to our time period. Oh, and there are two Zeros in the game. We do, however, need the A6M3 to fill the gap in the Zeke lineup.

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If i had the B-52 i would soo carpet bomb Tank Town:O

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« Reply #169 on: June 27, 2007, 11:17:13 AM »
I don't care what planes go in,(althoug the G55 would be nice)  just put em there the more the better i say.
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« Reply #170 on: June 27, 2007, 03:07:20 PM »
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D4Y2: Mid war Japanese dive bomber, gives the Japanese a competent dive bomber.


People already use Lancasters for that...:(

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« Reply #171 on: June 27, 2007, 08:11:05 PM »
WOW! This thred is still going. Kewl. I made this post in case you don't know. I used to be 68Turbo. I sure hope HTC can look at this and use many of the planes you guys have suggested. Hmmm.... December 27th to June 19. Glad that somebody had the patience to look back that far, and not be lazy enough to not post!

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« Reply #172 on: June 27, 2007, 08:43:40 PM »
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WOW! This thred is still going. Kewl. I made this post in case you don't know. I used to be 68Turbo. I sure hope HTC can look at this and use many of the planes you guys have suggested. Hmmm.... December 27th to June 19. Glad that somebody had the patience to look back that far, and not be lazy enough to not post!
 

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« Reply #173 on: June 28, 2007, 01:12:53 PM »
MY LIST
Germany:
Ju-188 or 388
He-177
He-111

Japan:
B6N2 Jill
D4Y2 Judy
G4M2 Betty
Ki-27 Nate
Ki-43 Oscar
A6M2-N Rufe
H8K Emily
Ki-102 Randy
J2M Jack
Ki-46 Dinah

USA:
Brewster Buffalo
P-61 Black Widow
PBY Catalina
P-39 Airacobra

Britain:
Gloster Meteor
Fairey Swordfish

Soviet Union:
I-16
Pe-8
Tu-2
Yak-3
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« Reply #174 on: June 30, 2007, 03:48:21 PM »
My much smaller list, narrowed down to what in reality I can see us getting, and to what I feel we need...

Japan-
D4Y 'Judy'. May be an interesting dive bomber.

Russia-
Pe-2! Would be an AWESOME quick-strike bomber.

Britain-
Mossies!
Maybe Swordfish.

United States-
P-39 Airacobra. We NEED this plane. It and the La-5/7 were the principle fighters of the Russian airforce.
Excerpt from "The Blond Knight of Germany"-
'Over Russia the call "Airacobra!" was heard and dreaded by the Luftwaffe because the Soviets equipped a group made up of the best fighter aces with this type of aircraft. They painted their airplanes red and called themselves "Red Guards," and they accounted well for themselves. Hartmann, as is evident from his No.1 logbook, shot down eighteen Airacobras up to 29 October 1943. He estimates another fifteen fell to his guns before the war ended.'

Germany-
Ju-52. This plane was a workhorse for the Germans. And its armament, although light, would at least give goons a chance.
He-111. A cool plane and an important part of the Battle of Britain.
Ju-87 D-5 or G. Our current Stuka is useless once its bombs are dropped.
Me-262 A-2. Come on, how cool would an Me 262 be with bombs?

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« Reply #175 on: June 10, 2008, 05:27:58 AM »
Russian
Mig-3
PE-2
I-16 (Just for the hell of it!)
IL-10
R-5 Biplane (because we need biplanes just for kicks :P)

Japanese
KI-43
KI-44
KI-45
KI-100
B7A
Kikka (Yeah I know its impossible to add)

German
DO-335 (Yet another impossible to add...bleh)
HE-111
HS-129 75mm armed
FW-200
JU-52
JU-88 cannon armed

British
Meteor
Swordfish (Yet another biplane)
Fury

U.S.
B-29 (perked!)
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« Reply #176 on: June 10, 2008, 05:31:43 AM »
I'd like to see the JU-52 as well. We need another transport/cargo carrier and Iron Annie had a huge presence in the war.
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« Reply #177 on: June 10, 2008, 07:10:25 AM »
If you'd waited another 20 days before posting, you would have bumped this thread exactly a year after the last post on it  :D


However, I might as well join in:

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Bristol Beaufighter
Later mark Mosquito
Gloster Meteor
PBY Catalina
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« Reply #178 on: June 10, 2008, 07:42:01 AM »
I recall seeing that while the Meteor hit the fronts in time, it never ACTUALLY saw combat. Can anyone confirm?

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« Reply #179 on: June 10, 2008, 08:07:06 AM »
Well I know it never engaged Me-262s, I think it was mostly used to engage V-1s.