I'm going to do something I haven't done in a decade, if I ever did. I'm going to post a request for the three aircraft that I most want for myself with no consideration of what is good for the game or most bang for the buck.
#1: P-61B Black Widow. I make no pretenses about this fighter being anything other that LWA fun. It is just really a neat aircraft. A huge, remarkably maneuverable, heavily armed and, admittedly, slow fighter. It could also carry quite a few pounds of bombs. It would be, perhaps, like an A-26 that could actually dogfight. I think this would just be a lot of fun to play with.
#2: J2M3 and J2M5 Raiden 'Jack'. Though produced in low numbers the Jack eschewed the normal Japanese focus on maneuverability in favor of good climb and speed performance. Mitsubishi got the long, aerodynamic cowl over a radial engine to work where Focke-Wulf failed with the Fw190. In post war flight tests American test pilots praised the handling of the Jack, being far more impressed with it than its Japanese pilots were. Oh yeah, it has Fowler flaps like the P-38s, Ki-84 and N1K2-J as well.
#3: H8K2 'Emily': Big azzed flying boat with a moderate bomb load, lots of armor, five 20mm cannons in turrets and good performance. Oh yeah, lots of fuel. Want to fly for 12 hours straight in AH (Fuel burn 2.0)? Emily can give you that time. This is the flying boat that would actually get used in significant numbers. Heck, the Japanese even used it to bomb with in small formations.
Ok, there they are. Tell me how wrong and stupid I am!
