[rant mode]
Trying to make some pseudo-PC argument that "country W needs plane X because country Y has plane Z" is spurious at best. If the planes are identical or nearly so in all respects, then adding the 2nd adds nothing to the game except in the extremely limited context of scenarios and the CT.
Before you get your panties in a bunch, I love scenarios and try to participate in every one of them. However, substituting one plane for another is such a traditional scenario institution that it doesn't bother me in the least.
What's important is that HTC remain profitable, so that we can all keep flying AH. In terms of adding new planes, this boils down to whether or not there's a real role for the plane in the MA, because that's where the vast majority of HTC's $$$ comes from.
Thus, there is no reason IMHO to even consider adding a plane just like one already in the game, but which just happens to have a different maker's plate riveted on it. If there's already one in the MA that does that job, think about what other jobs there are, or what other jobs there could be, instead of trying to reinvent this particular wheel.
[/rant mode]
Phew.
All that said, there are some valid alternatives to the C47 that could get into the game. Things that do the same basic job of "ass and trash" missions but do it differently. There are planes that are less flexible but have guns, there are planes that can carry more stuff, etc. Any of these would do something unique to the MA, and thus would be a much better candidate for admission to the planeset than just a C47 by a different name (as in Ju52 like in WB). For instance:
Albemarle II: carries 10 troops only, no cargo, but has mid-upper turret with 2 MGs and goes faster.
Stirling IV: carries only troops, but up to 30 of them, and has a 4-gun tail turret, plus the durability of a 4-engined buff.
C46: up to 30 troops or 3 loads of cargo or some combination of 3 loads
