My "order of importance" for British aircraft goes something like this:Historical need:BeaufighterWellingtonMA need:Fairey FireflyMeteor Mk IIIMinor historical need:BarracudaBattleBeaufortBlenheimGladiatorHalifaxHampdenSkuaSterlingSwordfishWhirlwindWhitworthBad idea:DefiantWhen you come right down to it, the Gladiator was not a significant participant in WWII, so I really wouldn't contest it with the Firefly.
You started this thread and it was obviously about your want and desire in spite of your use of 'we' and Google.
where does the lysander come in all this?? dun forget it was widely used to transport spies across the channel...
how long did it take to cross the channel in one of those? 12 hours?
True, but even at convergence, I've had many a plane slip away. For some odd reason I've been getting a lot of mirical shots with the crap guns lately though. I shot my 7.92s in the 190A5 and took out a 109K4 from D1000 out with a pilot kill.