AUGUST FSO: TACLOBAN TANGO

[j500ss]

I can see your point of view, and respect your opinoin on the issue, it is a valid point you make. But, without a true to the setup plane set, you may as well just come out and say were just flying a "what if scenario"   Thats how it comes across to me anyways.  Granted I am all for the immersion and all that goes with it, but if we are missing a " key to the setup plane" then what?  We just label the setup a what if ? 

There is nothing you, or I, or anyone else can really do about at the present time except, make the best with what we have. Is it the correct answer? NO, but for the time being, seems to me its the best we have.

If we leave a plane out of a setup due to inavailability, does it make the setup anymore, or less true historical?  I believe it certianly does, but thats me.  Hopefully someday we'll have all the planes     and this will no longer be a sticking point on some of our FSO setups.



 

   

[Saxman]

This has already been done for...the C-47.

C-47 is a different case entirely. There's a Japanese skin because the Japanese DID use C-47s. Or rather, a license-built C-47 produced before the war began.

[Bino]

Stoney, just FYI, although I have found a few references to the Ki-45 being used in a ground-attack or anti-ship (anti-PT boat, actually) role, I cannot find any mention of its ever carrying bombs, even as a field modification.  As far as I can tell, it would seem the Ki-45 was used exclusively as a strafer when it attacked targets on the ground or in the water.  Again, just FYI.