when your in a plane or gv,you have a radio,you use specific radio channels to communicate with others,GREAT. in ww2 pilots did not have the handheld radios that they had in the vietnam era.ww2 pilots did not have radios for the most part after they bailed out.therefore they should not have radio or text privs when not in the aircraft or gv that has the radio.........in ww2 they did have floating in the ocean first aid bouys that had food water,med supps and a radio that if the downed pilot could make it to that....he could get assistance.. i really dont think we need the buoy's. the guy can just end sortie. what would this do to game play? well first thing, a guy in a chute or who bails on ground will not be able to help in an attack.......if the guy has another form of communication...like cell phone and calls friend...chalk that up to getting help from partisans,lol