A List of Planes

[tuton25]

HE-111 H3
Length-16.6meters
Wingspan-22.6meters
Powerplant- x2 Junkers Jumo 211d-1 inverted v-12 piston engines (1,200 HP each)
Top speed-270MpH
Crew-5
Armament- x4 7.92mm MG15, x8 250kg bombs or x32 50kg bombs or x2 torpedos
Defensive Gun Positions-Nose, Dorsal Rearward, Ventral Forward, Ventral Rearward
Number built (all variants)-6,508
Major actions- Spanish civil war, Invasion of Poland, Battle of Britain, Operation barbarossa, Battle of Stalingrad

DO-17Z
Length-15.8meters
Wingspan-18meters
Powerplant- x2 MW Bramo 323P Fafnir Nine-Cylinder Radial engines (1,000 HP each)
Top Speed-263MpH
Crew-4
Armament- x6 7.92mm MG15, x4 250kg bombs or x20 50kg bombs
Defensive Gun Positions- x2 Fixed Nose Guns, x2 Ventral Rearward, x2 Dorsal Rearward
Number Built (all variants)-2,139
Major Actions- Spanish Civil War, Invasion of Poland, Invasion of Norway, Battle of Britian, Operation Barbarossa, Invasion of Yugoslavia

Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I
Length-10.77meters
Wingspan-12meters
Powerplant- Rolls-Royce Merlin III V-12 Piston Engine (1,030 HP)
Top Speed-302MpH
Crew-2
Armament- x4 .303 Browning Machine Guns
Defensive gun positions- Dorsal
Number Built (all variants)-1,064
Major actions- Battle of Britian

Bristol Beaufighter Mk.If
Length-12.6 meters
Wingspan-17.63 meters
Powerplant- x2 Bristol Hercules XI air-cooled engines (1,500 HP each)
Top Speed- 306MpH
Crew-2
Armament- x4 20mm Hispanos, x6 .303 Browning Machine Guns, x8 60lbs rockets or x2 1000lbs bombs or x1 450mm torpedo
Defensive gun positions- N/A
Number Built-5,928
Major actions- Battle of Britian, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, Southwest Pacific

Plus more to come.....

[Tracerfi]

Fairy Swordfish Fairy Swordfish Fairy Swordfish  Fairy Swordfish

[Ack-Ack]

Defiant really has no place in this game as no one would fly it.  Just because a plane flew during the war doesn't always mean it will be a good addition to the game.

ack-ack

[titanic3]

Defiant and Do-17 would be complete hangar queens. So would the 111, but it'll see plenty of use in the SEA, as would the Beaufighter, which makes it an excellent addition.

Add the Vickers Wellington and we can have one heck of a BoB event.

[AceHavok]

B-25J!!!!! And all the early war bombers aswell! 

[R 105]

 I bet folks will fly the HE-111 in the game even if they get shot down a lot. After flying the B-25 when it first came to the game I didn't think it would see much use but I was wrong. I see it all the time in bomber formation in LW. I think that will be true of the HE-111 depending on what version we get and defensive gun package is on it.

[icepac]

I'm curious what data you guys use to predict a hangar queen before you have flown it.

I've flown all of these planes (and more) in other sims for years and none are the hangar queens some of you are predicting.

[Karnak]

I'm curious what data you guys use to predict a hangar queen before you have flown it.

Performance and capability.

Players flock to the Spitfire as it is famous and easy to use, right?  How many of those Spitfires are the Mk Ia?  Why do you think that is true?

Why do you think the P-51D gets used so much more than the P-40N?

[icepac]

That explains why we don't have the japanese plane that shot down more enemy than any other in game.

[Tracerfi]

That explains why we don't have the japanese plane that shot down more enemy than any other in game.

what is that

[Karnak]

what is that

Ki-43.

[Slade]

+1 for the Ki-43

[Karnak]

Ki-43 I'd use on occasion because it would be fun.  Defiant would not be fun and would thus not get used by me.

[Volron]

+1 to all these planes.  Toss in the TBD Devastator as well.   I'd fly them all in the MA, even if it meant certain death.

[Tracerfi]

+1 to all these planes.  Toss in the TBD Devastator as well.   I'd fly them all in the MA, even if it meant certain death.

Same