Pre-WWII plane sets

[Perrine]

I'm not asking for more pre-WWII planes to be added per se, but just in case HTC does surprise us with more pre-war planes with its own arena like WWI...

I'm compiling lists of pre-WW2 planes that entered service before WWII
Pls contribute if I'm missing more planes

Fighter Aircraft

US Army

Boeing P-26


Sversky P-35


Curtis P-36


US Navy

Grumman F3F


Japanese Army

Nakajima Ki-27


Japanese Navy

Mitsubishi A5M


Red Army

Polikarpov I-15


Polikarpov I-153


Polikarpov I-190


Royal Air Force

Gloster Gladiator


Luftwaffe

Bf-109B/C/D



Dutch and Finnish AF

Fokker D.XXI

[Pigslilspaz]

Gladiator (and maybe the I-15) served in WWII, just saying

[MachFly]

So you want a spanish civil war arena?

[Imowface]

both of those japanese planes served in ww2

[Perrine]

both of those japanese planes served in ww2

But they also saw action against polikarpov biplanes as early as 1937

[JOACH1M]

I'm kinda liking this idea!

[Void]

Both nice planes and a nice list. If this were to happen, most of the planes will be in the MA. As far as I know very little people are in WWI arena. And this could boast the population there.

[Ghosth]

I can see having a 37-39 planeset and arena.

That Polikarpov I-190 looked pretty interesting to me!

[RufusLeaking]

So you want a spanish civil war arena?

A lot of the planes listed in the OP flew in WWII, or just prior.  Heck, the Finns probably flew with or against half of them.

I would like to see the planes from the late 1930's.  Not just the Spanish Civil War era, but the Winter War, Khalkhin Gol, and the Sino-Japanese wars. 

In AH terms, these would be hangar queens, unfortunately.

[Dragunov]

Definately +50 Epic PASS to this.....

[MachFly]

A lot of the planes listed in the OP flew in WWII, or just prior.  Heck, the Finns probably flew with or against half of them.

I would like to see the planes from the late 1930's.  Not just the Spanish Civil War era, but the Winter War, Khalkhin Gol, and the Sino-Japanese wars.  

In AH terms, these would be hangar queens, unfortunately.

How often do you see I-16s in MA? If we add that whole list to MA people would complain because other people fly late war planes, or would not fly them at all.

I see what your saying, but I don't think it's going to work out in MA. Maybe for special events it will.

[321BAR]

How often do you see I-16s in MA? If we add that whole list to MA people would complain because other people fly late war planes, or would not fly them at all.

I see what your saying, but I don't think it's going to work out in MA. Maybe for special events it will.

my squaddie and i winged in I-16s.... once

[warphoenix]

I would like to see the f3f the I-15 and the Gladiator! pre mono-plane fighters FTW! +1

[RufusLeaking]

How often do you see I-16s in MA? If we add that whole list to MA people would complain because other people fly late war planes, or would not fly them at all.

I see what your saying, but I don't think it's going to work out in MA. Maybe for special events it will.

I agree with you.  This is what I meant by predicting that the cool early planes would be hangar queens in the LW MAs. 

All planes are cool.  Earlier birds tend to be less refined.  They were developed, for the most part, along theoretical lines as opposed to combat experience.  The Spanish Civil War was used as a proving ground for aerial tactics and strategy.

With regards to the I-16, it is ranked number 4 in my personal 'Kills As' fighter list since Tour 123:

Plane  - Kills As
C.205 - 158
Brewster B-239 - 121
Yak-9U - 85
I-16 - 78
Hurricane Mk I - 37

Out of 717 total kills.  All Late War.

[oakranger]

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