I invariably get flamed whenever I post and I have been advised to NOT post, as I get in nothing but trouble, but I just GOT to reply to all this nonsense. First, The US forces were SERIOUSLY
out gunned and outnumbered in the first stages of ww2. They
had no idea how to deal with the zero, and as a conciquence were nearly obliterated in the opening days of the war. Then along came LT. Thatch, and he and his wing man worked out the"Thatch weave" which evened things up considerably. In early 1942, the TBM "Avenger" was initially considered as a fighter to oppose the zero. one was tested at the Pax River Grumman"Iron works" and could INITIALLY outturn the zero, but could not outclimb or out run it. Only one was made as a fighter, and was subsiquently returned to a TBM3. The Douglass "Devestator" was the most prevelent bomber at the time, but was way too obsolete
to be any real threat to the IJN. Never the less, The young naval aviators of the day strapped on these "flying Coffins" and did their job against overwhelming odds. The fact is, all of you have the lessons of history to help you. At the start of WW2, "nobody knew nothin". As an old(and tired) Grumman driver, I have only respect for the guys who put up with all the monday morning quarter backs. If you want some realisim in this game, then do your homework, put together some planes that were in the different theaters. Submit them to HT, and if the work you do is good enough, you will see them in the CT. They would include: P-39D, B17-A thru D, B-25B-s, PBY's----The list is very long on both sides....and If all you can do is complain, put together your OWN game. It will only cost you about 5 million bucks, but then YOU can call the shots. The guys are doing all they can to please you all...And of course, that will never happen. As for me and the other folks who fly or flew, we appriciate all that 10 Bears, Brady
fork,et al are trying to do. I think they are doing a TREMENDOUS job for us all, and they are doing it for free...becuase they love history and flight.. CUDO's to you all! ! DukeMskt, Musketeer Escadrille