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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: eskimo2 on June 17, 2002, 11:03:08 PM

Title: Aviation Buffs & Know-it-Alls... HELP!
Post by: eskimo2 on June 17, 2002, 11:03:08 PM

I am trying to compile a list of first dates of service for the planes (and sub-types) of Aces High.  I'm having a harder time than I imagined.  Most every book or web-site that I have checked is not in-depth enough to show the month and year of first combat service for our planes.  If someone has a good source of information, could they please post it here?  "WARPLANES OF THE THIRD REICH" (Green) does a pretty good job for most of the German planes  (although I read the 190A-8 section several times and still didn't find a date/season for our A-8).  The US planes were built in blocks and I haven't been able to find specific info on block releases.

You help would be appreciated, as this would be great info for anyone working on a SEA event or CT set-up.

I imagine that perhaps it's already been done?

thanks,

eskimo

Title: Aviation Buffs & Know-it-Alls... HELP!
Post by: Karnak on June 18, 2002, 12:40:29 AM

I'll give what I know off hand.

P-51B Mustang:  First combat sorties in December, 1943.

Spitfire Mk IX (Merlin 61): June, 1942.

Spitfire Mk XIV: Squadron service in January, 1944 and first kill (Ju88) in March, 1944.

Mosquito Mk VI: July, 1943.

A6M5b Zero-Sen: March, 1944

Title: Aviation Buffs & Know-it-Alls... HELP!
Post by: Hooligan on June 18, 2002, 01:01:25 AM

I think you can get dates for all the American fighters from "America's Hundred Thousand."

Hooligan

Title: Aviation Buffs & Know-it-Alls... HELP!
Post by: Duedel on June 18, 2002, 03:21:06 AM

Hey eskimo thats cool! Would u be so kind and post the data here? Is it ok for u when I use the data for my webpage (http://www.ottoweller.de/ah/planes.html) ?

Title: Aviation Buffs & Know-it-Alls... HELP!
Post by: straffo on June 18, 2002, 03:34:33 AM

Ask Funked he made a thread with the same subject some time ago.