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It did fly, it did see some sort of combat.
Whilst not representative of WWII military aircraft it is closer to the spirit of AH2 than some of the fantasy stuff above........................ .........
I agree, as much as I would like a 1946 Arena, the biggest problem is choosing only aircraft that went into production - rather then prototypes, However really cool designs like the AD-1 Skyraider was just about to come into production when the war ended.
Still prop driven, it carried 4x 20mms and 8,000lbs of ords while only doing like 325mph at alt. Early Jets didn't have the thrust to carry heavy ords, and it pressed the Skyraider into combat in Korea and Vietnam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtMTCXOynMGives me a chance to play one of my favourite Youtube videos, an F4u-4 Starting up, as well as a Skyraider taxing in, listen to both engines - the Skyraider was total monster!