Dewoitine D.520

[Megalodon]

ESC 1 GC 2/1  D-520 #517  Le Luc August 1942

[Megalodon]

     Well to be fair it's service life was a great deal longer for the Vichy/Luftwaffe 

 Yeah it could be like the B-239  cept 710 more made 


Not,

[Karnak]

 Yeah it could be like the B-239  cept 710 more made 


Not,

Now, before I continue, I'd like to say that I'd like to see the D.520 added in the near future.

That said, your quip about the B-239 makes me ask which got more kills?  Or even kills plus losses combined.  I'd lay money it is the B-239 that wins that, and by a large margin, maybe even an order of magnitude.  That would make the B-239 the more significant aircraft, historically speaking, no?

[Megalodon]

Now, before I continue, I'd like to say that I'd like to see the D.520 added in the near future.

That said, your quip about the B-239 makes me ask which got more kills?  Or even kills plus losses combined.  I'd lay money it is the B-239 that wins that, and by a large margin, maybe even an order of magnitude.  That would make the B-239 the more significant aircraft, historically speaking, no?

When the French pilots shot down a plane they credited who shot the plane. Sometimes up to 4-5 pilots are credited on a single kill.  

It would be nice to have the Soviet loss records for that period so we could compare.. but sadly we dont.


Just sayin,

[Karnak]

It would be nice to have the Soviet loss records for that period so we could compare.. but sadly we dont.


Just sayin,

Erm, Soviet loss records have been cross examined against Finnish claims.  The Finns claimed fewer kills than the Soviets recorded losses.  The Finnish Air Force is the only air force from WWII for which that is true, so far as I know.

[Megalodon]

Erm, Soviet loss records have been cross examined against Finnish claims.  The Finns claimed fewer kills than the Soviets recorded losses.  The Finnish Air Force is the only air force from WWII for which that is true, so far as I know.

Show me

[Karnak]

Show me

How about you show me?  You're the one that implied the Finnish claims were BS.

[Megalodon]

How about you show me?  You're the one that implied the Finnish claims were BS.

I can't ..It doesn't exist.... far as I know.

 Show me as far as you know ... what I stated is fact ... you... Unsubstantiated claim in "Finnish Aces" shall I provide the paragraph for you?

So ....if you can provide for me an accurate picture please do. You brought it up! I was just joking with Phan  

To have an accurate picture about actual victories and losses on both sides, one needs to compare actual losses with the kill claims from the other side to get an accurate picture.

Enlighten Us,

[Megalodon]

+1  it looks like a Spitfire and SirNuke will be happier than a pig in ****.

Little smaller than a 109... think he will trade in his 51? 

[Megalodon]

GC II/7

[Megalodon]

HTC can we get this Gem already ?  

[Tank-Ace]

-1 still, untill we update what we have already (graphically and ordnance options) at the very least. I would also like to see some others added before this, such as the Ki-44, Yak-9D, Yak-7 and Yak-7B, B6N and D4Y,  and maybe a MiG-3.

And though I'll likely catch more flak than a daylight bombing raid for this, I'd also personally like to see the IAR-80 added before the D.520.

[Wmaker]

I see very little return of invest in the Dewoitine.

As far as the arenas go, the cannon's short clip alone will keep it very very rare there. I don't see much scenario/special event potential either largely for the same reason and due to the fact that Hawk75A was more important fighter for the French during BoF and would require less resources to add due to the fact that much of the 3d art work is done with the P-40C. Then there's the Syria-Lebanon campaign and operation Torch. Somehow, I don't see anyone doing the former but who knows, the problem is that even with the Dewoitine in the game a lot of the aircraft participating would have to be subbed. As far as the Torch goes, if we want some unpopular axis-seats for that FSO/Scenario I guess that's a good reason to add it. Eastern front events easily do without it.

I understand if the French AH fliers want the best French built fighter of the war but as I said, I see the return for the invest very poor.

[HawkerMKII]

http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=551

[icepac]

Been flying it for a decade........it is sweet and hits pretty hard for an early war plane but I do agree with maybe a couple of early war russian planes before it's inclusion.