Dan, what's so special about the Spit XII compared to what we have in game?
In all honesty Stoney, these guys in the photo below are why the XII is special. It's the Tangmere Spit XII Wing, October 30 1943 not long after their best day when they got 9 109s and 190s for no losses. Postwar research showed no over claims on it either. The first time I ventured beyond just reading about WW2 aviation it was to research these guys. I got to correspond with many of them and meet many as well. I had fallen in love with the Spit when I had a chance to visit Duxford in 1980 when I did a semester of college in England. The first Spit I saw up close was a clipped Spitfire Vc AR501. I decided I was going to be a Spit expert, and then decided to narrow it down to one type. i went with the XII because it looks good, was good and I like clipped wing Spits. Only 100 built, to counter the low level 190 raiders of the late spring and early summer of 43. Only two squadrons, 41 and 91 had them so it made my research area well defined. I could tell you stories about the guys in the photo and go on for days. My prize posession is the logbook of one of the guys in the photo, given to me by his widow. He flew with both 41 and 91 on XIIs. It's autographed by a bunch of Spit XII pilots as I took it back to England for a 41 squadron reunion in 1985 and got them to sign it.
So I'd like it in the game so I can imagine what it might have been like to fly with the guys in the photo. And it's essentially a 1943 version of what the LFIXe and LFXVI were in 1945. A rocket down low, good climb, and able to compete well with the 190s and 109s. I wouldn't push for it, because we have Spits who can do the job, but it's one I'd like for history reasons
