We have..
the Brewster B-239 - a model that only saw about 44 delivered and scored fairly little.
Brewster B-239, a de-navalized F2A-1, 44 of which were sent to Finland but virtually the same airframe as the B-139, B-339, and B-339-23 for all other exports, and F2A-1, F2A-2, and F2A-3 for US service. Total airframes built 509.
With respect to service and combat, the 44 Finnish B-239's are credited with downing 477 Russian aircraft with losses of just 19 Brewsters, a remarkable ratio of 26:1. Brewster B-239E airframe number BW-364, flown by several pilots, was credited with 42.5 kills, more than any other single airplane in the history of air warfare.[/quote]
The P-39, which was rejected by most as a dogfighter (though some pilots scored many successes).
Just as the P-40 was rejected as a dogfighter by nearly every country that used it with the exception of a handful of pilots who used it with relative effectiveness.
P-39's were used with great success in dogfighting roles by Soviet pilots. Aleksandr Pokryshkin was the third highest scoring allied ace of the war and accumulated almost all of his 53 air-to-air victories in P-39s, fighting primarily against Me-109's and FW-190's. Incidentally, the highest kill totals by any pilots ever to fly any US built aircraft in any theater of combat in the history of aerial warfare? Russian pilots flying P-39's.....
Sooooo. an aircraft that was built in the range of 240 airframes, with cannon and MG, and is the only fighter aircraft solely built and designed in that country, WHICH made a significant contribution in the Pacific war and has been requested by players for a long duration. And a significant chunk of the playerbase hails from the country in question. And remains in a unique spot in history. Is not to be added?
I still say add it, tho!
