originally posted by doobs
The F4u-1d went into service in April of 1944.
Seems pretty midwar to me, 28th month of a roughly 44 month war.
please HTC consider it.
Sounds like your an american, doobs....
Most consider the war to have started in Sept, 1939 -- not December 1941. It ended Aug 1945, which would make it a 72 month war for the Europeans and allies. That would make the F4U-1D intro date 56/72nds into the war, or clearly in the last third.
Even 72 months is a anglocentric number, though, since the Japanese began the war in China starting July 1937.
In any case, while dates are important to arena assignment, dont forget that play balance and feel are at least as big.