I'd love to have night fighters and some night scenerios. there were a ton of good night fighters.. I don't want too look up the exact specs atm though. Will later.
I misclicked one of my note cards and found this, thought it might interest a few:
Air Group Title Beaufighter X
Air Group Notes The T.F. Mk X was designed primarily
for service with Coastal Command as an anti-shipping
strike fighter. A heavy gun armament and provisions
for both bombs and a torpedo made it very deadly in
this role and the type eventually became known as
"Whispering Death".
Aircraft Specifications
Power Plant: Two Bristol Hercules XVII fourteen-cylinder air-cooled
radial engines rated at 1,770 HP.
Armament: 4 - 20mm Hispano cannon and 6 - 0.303in Browning MGs.
Maximum weapons load of one Mk XII (18in) aerial
torpedo and a pair of 250lb bombs (later in the war it
could carry 8 - 90lb rockets in place of the bombs).
ASV radar mounted in the nose.
Performance: Maximum Speed 303 mph, Combat Radius 720 miles,
Initial Climb Rate 1,700 ft/min,
Service Ceiling 27,000 feet.
Weights: 15,600 lbs empty, 25,200 lbs loaded
Dimensions: Wingspan, 57 ft. 10 in; Length, 41 ft. 8 in.;
Height, 15 ft. 10 in.; Wing Area, 503 sq ft.
I wanted to mention the skipping bomb used by Lancs. They would drop these bombs on the water at low alt, and they would skip across the water, hitting shore installments, or ships. This might be a cool little feature.. would just require a new ord layout. One or two per flight with nothing else..
Air Group Title Lancaster III
Air Group Notes The standard Lancaster I with modified equipment and an enlarged
bomb bay to allow for the carrying of the special 22,000lb "Grand Slam"
bomb. The Grand Slam and other special bombs were used for special
targets only and against normal targets the Lancaster III carried a
bombload about the same as that of the Lancaster I.
Aircraft Specifications
Power Plant: Four Rolls-Royce Merlin 22 engines rated at 1,460 HP.
Armament: 8 - 0.303in MG, 2 in a nose turret, 2 in a dorsal turret and 4 in a
tail turret. Maximum bombload - 22,000lbs (the "Grand Slam" bomb).
Normal bombload about 14,000lbs.
Performance: Maximum Speed 287 mph, Combat Radius 1,440 miles,
Service Ceiling 24,500 feet.
Weights: 36,900 lbs empty, 70,000 lbs loaded (max).
Dimensions: Wingspan, 102 ft.; Length, 69 ft. 6 in.;
Height, 20 ft.; Wing Area, 1,297 sq ft.
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Air Group Title Lancaster
Air Group Notes The finest British heavy bomber of the
war and perhaps the finest heavy bomber of the war,
period. The Lancaster, with its capacious bombbay,
was able to use several special bombs including the
Wallis skipping drum bomb (used on the Mohne, Eder
and Sorpe dams in the Rhur valley), the 12,000lb AP
"Tallboy" (used to sink the Tirpitz in 1944) and the
22,000lb "Grand Slam" (used against the Bielefeld
Viaduct in 1945).
Aircraft Specifications
Power Plant: Four Rolls-Royce Merlin 20 or 22 engines rated
at 1,460 HP.
Armament: 8 - 0.303in MG, 2 in a nose turret, 2 in a dorsal
turret and 4 in a tail turret. Maximum
bombload - 14,000lbs (later versions will be
equipped to handle the 22,000lb Grand Slam).
Performance: Maximum Speed 287 mph, Combat Radius 1,440 miles,
Service Ceiling 24,500 feet.
Weights: 36,900 lbs empty, 65,000 lbs loaded (max).
Dimensions: Wingspan, 102 ft.; Length, 69 ft. 6 in.;
Height, 20 ft.; Wing Area, 1,297 sq ft.
