I was really hoping that with the introduction of the P-40B and P-40E we would finally get a fighter with Aussie markings. Heck, even the Brazilians have an AH fighter to call their own thanks to the P-47D-25. There can be no doubting the bravery of Brazilian pilots during the latter stage of the Italian campaign, but AFAIK, considerably less than 200 pilots took part in the action. Aussie pilots , OTH, took part in every theatre of combat from 1939 to 1945. Something like 11,000 Aussie pilots and aircrew lost their lives during WW2.
Of all the British Commonwealth units (ie. Brits, Aussies, Canadians, Kiwis, South Africans etc etc) under the RAF's Bomber Command , Aussie RAAF squadrons dropped more bombs, flew more sorties, sustained more casualties, and were awarded more medals than any one else. In Nth Africa and Italy, the Desert Air Force fighter squadron that racked up the most kills was the RAAF's No.3 Squadron. The top Desert Air Force ace was Aussie RAAF pilot Clive R Caldwell, who was also the No.1 P-40 ace of WW2 with 20 of his 28.5 confirmed kills scored on P-40B/Cs and the P-40E.
Caldwell was seconded to the RAF's famous No.112 Squadron during his service in Nth Africa as its leader. For those who aren't aware, No.112 Sq. was the 1st squadron to paint shark's moouths on their P-40s. Later, American pilots with the AVG copied the design for their P-40s (a fact which Pappy Boyington readily admitted in his autobiography).
Anyway, most of the greatest exponents of the P-40E (or the Warhawk/Kittyhawk in general) were RAAF pilots. There are loads of great Aussie P-40 camo schemes - especially with regards to RAAF units that served in the PTO. Surely HTC could've given their Aussie players an RAAF P-40E Warhawk/Kittyhawk I ?!?! Nah, why do that when we can have *another* Allied a/c with US markings
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