Sarge... have you NO feeling for historicity? In thefriendliest possible way, I am apalled by yourattitude of wanting planes in only because you perceive them as "best" in some way. I want He111s and Do17Zs because they were in the Battleof Britain, and Iam utterly SICK of seeing BoB games run where the only level bomber present is the Ju88 (which were in fact only a tiny minority of those usedat the time).
TheDo17 wouldalso be useful in running, say, an invasion of Poland game. The He111 could be used for anything as far back as theSpanish Civil War (granted, theywere thestepped window typesat the time,but can;t have everything), and right up to thevery end of the war. Also, the Do17 was used by Kampfgeschwader 2 "Holzhammer", the virtual versionof which I am founder and still overall CO of. KG2 has been flying the much sneered at (by folks who don;t know their buffing) Ju88 in scenarios from early war through tolate war foryears now, and trust me, we could make good use of Do17s in a BoB game. It'd bea damnedsight easier than making good use ofJu88s in games set in 1943 in broad daylight and we've done THAT more than once in the past.
Anyway... He111s were producedi n greater numbers and used forlonger than B29s. Therefore, when looking at usefullness in a WW2 aircombat simulation, the He111 is needed far more than the B29. QED. Only arcade-games players need B29s more than He111s,(asidefrom anyone running a late-war Pacifics scenario, of course, They need B29s, but also need even more folk willing to fly Japanese fighters to try to intercept them. Now, given what it's like flying LW vs 8th AF in 1943-44, I can't see the CMs being knee deep in volunteers, eh? ) :-)
Esme
PS: don't try teaching Granny to suck eggs, m'dear. Icould quote dataon LWbombers and theirproduction, use, strengths and weaknesses until I bored you into the grave... :-)
Kommodore, Kampfgeschwader 2 "Holzhammer" in WB and AH.
