Sea Planes

[Quigley]

lets get these on the ships where they are suppose to be.

[Tank-Ace]

Or you could, you know, use the carrier, and launch a fighter instead of a float plane with guns  .

[AceHavok]

I think Sea Planes would be a great way to resupply P.T.'s operating independently of Task Force defense. In that way PBY's and similar Aircraft could  perform the same function as the C-47 or the M-3 for the land based counterparts. In light of this  the down side would be that P.T.'s often do not see the same level of action that their Land Based counterparts do  since they are restricted to which bases they can attack (ports, CV's, and Airfield in close proximity to large bodies of water.). Yes, the Storch does serve as a very good Scouting Platform, but the range is far more limited, and with Sea planes you could run more sorties. The biggest drawback is that these planes like the C-47 are slow and cumbersome in terms of  being able to match land  and carrier based fighters, and most were often very lightly armed in terms of defensive/offensive armament.

The list would include:

United States/Britain
PB2Y "Conrado"
PB4Y "Privateer"
OS2U "kingfisher" (operated from launch catapults from Cruisers and Battle ships such as BB55 the USS North Carolina)
Martin PBM-3/5 "Mariner"
Grumman G21 "Goose"
Fairey "Sea fox"

Germany:
Bv222 Wiking (viking)
Do22 "float Plane"
Do24
He115
Ar196 (single engine, single seat float plane)

Japan:
Aichi E13 "Jake"
Aichi E16A "Paul"
Aichi M6A "Seiran"
Kwanishi H6K "Mavis"
Kwanishi H8K "Emily"

While this list is by no means extensive, all of them were combat operational. The E13 and E16A, Ar196, OS2U "kingfisher" and the Fairey model are the most mentioned single engine float planes that i could find. The rest are Behemoths, to use the word liberally, and could be regulated to the roles I mentioned above. Being said, The Flying Boats probably would not make interesting additions to the game beyond the resupply/scout role and likely would be even more underused than the P.T.'s themselves. Still it would be an interesting sight to see in Game.

They also had a Ju-52 with floats.

[Corsair4u1234]

good idea. maybe add a feature where you could pick-up downed pilots, as this was the main function of the PBY.

[Tank-Ace]

I REALLY don't understand what downed pilots you guys are refering to.

99.9% of players end sortie the instant they bail from the plane, and wouldn't wait for pick up even if they could hop back in a fresh plane, keep all their kills, and still have it count as one sortie.

Litterally, that would be the most useless function in the game, where the only time it could even potentially see use is in scenarios, if bailed pilots had to be picked up and brought back to their home field. however, even that would be impractical due to time limits.



I guarantee that you wouldn't pick up more than 1 pilot per day at the absolute max, and more likely would only pick up 1 pilot a week. And even thats being very optimistic.

[Ack-Ack]

good idea. maybe add a feature where you could pick-up downed pilots, as this was the main function of the PBY.

SAR was one of main functions of the PBY squadrons, not the only one.

ack-ack

[4Prop]

I think we would need to add subs before the seaplanes are added. if all we want to do is pick up downed pilots, up a PT

[AceHavok]

good idea. maybe add a feature where you could pick-up downed pilots, as this was the main function of the PBY.

As AKAK said,  SAR was a huge function for the PBY.  Also,  Was a big player in recon due to it's extremely long range, the upper wing mostly had fuel in it.  It also did some Anti-Sub/Shipping duties.