Pardon my geek streak, but the data available regarding kills and deaths is awesome.
I have been looking at the overall plane data from tours 100 through 111. The data was sorted by total kills from most to least. The percentage is the planes total over the overall total.
Planes/vehicles do not change much in terms of popularity. There was a slight shake-up between tours 103 and 104. This is when the T34/85 was introduced and some modifications made to a few others such as the F6F and the Sherman VC. The Sherman dipped slightly and recovered. The F6F dipped and stayed dipped in number of kills.
The top eleven planes/vehicles account for half (50.8%) of the total kills. (F6F and up on the list below)
The bottom 38 planes/vehicles, of 93 available, account for 5.0% of total kills. (KI-61 and down)
There are several rankings that can be rationalized by factors such as perk points, carrier based, troop transport ability, etc. Some surprise me. The relative rank of P-47’s seems low. So does the Ta 152.
My own favorites, C-205, Yak-9U, and (lately) La-5FN, are all well down the list.
No conclusion here. Just something I thought was interesting. If there is a point, it is maybe to encourage folks to branch out a little. I think a common AH2 evolution is fly the heck out of the popular rides for a few months, then start to experiment with the wider plane set. A side benefit to killing in the higher ENY birds is that one gets more perks per kill.
Panzer IV H 9.630%
Wirbelwind 7.197%
Sherman VC 7.011%
P-51D 6.057%
Spitfire Mk XVI 5.067%
N1K2 3.989%
Typhoon IB 2.699%
La-7 2.430%
T-34/85 2.259%
F4U-1D 2.253%
F6F-5 2.202%
Il-2 2.114%
SeaFire 2.083%
Tiger I 2.083%
A6M5b 1.834%
Spitfire Mk VIII 1.773%
Fw 190D-9 1.724%
Fw 190A-8 1.631%
Spitfire Mk IX 1.532%
F4U-1A 1.531%
Hurricane Mk IIC 1.497%
P-38L 1.468%
Bf 110G-2 1.413%
Ki-84-Ia 1.390%
F4U-1C 1.387%
Bf 109K-4 1.385%
P-38J 1.209%
B-24J 1.090%
Ostwind 1.044%
P-47-D40 0.910%
Tempest 0.903%
Yak-9U 0.892%
T-34/76 0.890%
A-20G 0.824%
PT Boat 0.791%
Lancaster III 0.769%
Bf 109G-14 0.731%
Mosquito Mk VI 0.687%
C.205 0.652%
B-17G 0.650%
Fw 190A-5 0.648%
M-8 0.646%
B-25H 0.599%
FM2 0.577%
Me 262 0.575%
P-47N 0.549%
F4U-4 0.537%
P-51B 0.495%
Ta 152H 0.429%
F4U-1 0.422%
Bf 109G-6 0.402%
B-26B 0.393%
LVTA4 0.365%
M-3 0.339%
Bf 109G-2 0.333%
Ki-61 0.309%
Yak-9T 0.293%
La-5FN 0.287%
P-47-D25 0.287%
LVTA2 0.284%
Spitfire Mk V 0.270%
Bf 109F-4 0.269%
P-47-D11 0.218%
Spitfire Mk XIV 0.217%
Fw 190F-8 0.215%
P-40E 0.213%
P-39Q 0.178%
P-38G 0.175%
A6M2 0.174%
M-16 0.156%
Ju 88 0.137%
Me 163B 0.119%
Hurricane Mk IID 0.110%
TBM-3 0.106%
F4F-4 0.095%
P-39D 0.085%
Hurricane Mk I 0.083%
Ki-67 0.078%
Ju 87D-3 0.058%
Spitfire Mk I 0.055%
Ar 234 0.055%
B-25C 0.054%
Bf 110C-4b 0.053%
C-47A 0.051%
P-40B 0.050%
C.202 0.046%
SBD-5 0.042%
Jeep 0.041%
Bf 109E-4 0.040%
B5N2 0.038%
Boston III 0.028%
D3A1 0.027%
SdKfz 251 0.020%
