Originally posted by Toad
From my point of view, this is solely as an honor to my father.
What ever plane they choose won't change the game. Most of the choices getting touted will be primarily hangar queens in the MA. They might see some use in special events but the vast majority of the player base doesn't participate.
So the what the game needs approach falls on deaf ears with me. Another airplane is not what the game needs. It doesn't matter what plane or how many planes are added.
What the game needs is people who like to fight in airplanes against other airplanes; sadly, that isn't going to happen.
So, they're just adding planes; might as well be one that I see a good reason to add, even if that reason has nothing to do with the game.
I'm with you on this Toad. My father in law passed away a few years ago. He trained in B-26's in Tampa, flew B-25's in combat in the South Pacific (42nd BG), did his tour and then was an instructor training the Chinese in Columbia SC in B-25's and A-26's. He left me with countless stories. After he passed, I found his Squadron Book, flight records and a few other articles that he had kept for 60 years.
The B-25 was always his favorite and I had voted for it on sentimental reasons.
