Early WW2 interwar biplanes

[LCADolby]

Funny lookin biplane 

Autism in the Family?,

It's interwar 




Any excuse for another 109E 

[surfinn]

I thought British cv based biplanes crippled the bismark with torpedoes. I think they were called swordfish but not sure about that. That would be nice to have as well I think.

[Zacherof]

I thought British cv based biplanes crippled the bismark with torpedoes. I think they were called swordfish but not sure about that. That would be nice to have as well I think.

not only thY but they had the ability to carry 8 rockets 

[Bino]

[gyrene81]

I thought British cv based biplanes crippled the bismark with torpedoes. I think they were called swordfish but not sure about that. That would be nice to have as well I think.

i'm not positive but, i think britain was the only country that used the swordfish unlike some of the other biplanes like the i-153. it was one of the slowest and worst armed biplanes used in ww2 lol...still if you're on a ship and see something like this coming at you...


it could still make things pucker a bit...

[gyrene81]

what plane is that Bino?

[Arlo]

what plane is that Bino?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_F1M

[Stellaris]

Slow and poorly armed the Swordfish was, but it was nevertheless pivotal, devastating the Italian Fleet and the potentially Vichy French fleet, enabling the destruction of the Bismarck and thus de-fanging the German surface raiders.  The Japanese paid close attention, hence Pearl Harbour.

[Arlo]

Another 'source' (forum) provided a list (I have expanded ir with pics and wiki references - this is neither an endorsement nor argument against any or all planes listed - it is merely added reference):

I was doing some research for a side project about the Fiat CR.42 Falco, an Italian biplane fighter used extensively during WWII. It got me thinking, how many biplanes were used by frontline units in World War 2. So I spent much of today researching this and came up with a list of planes I have been able to confirm being used after 1 Sept 1939.

For the purpose of this list I'm not including aircraft used in the Spanish Civil War or the Sino-Japanese War, nor am I counting trainers. If you know of any that I missed, and I'm certain there are several, please add them to the list. http://forum.worldofwarplanes.com/index.php?/topic/12938-bi-planes-used-in-wwii/

Henschel Hs123  Germany  dive-bomber/close-support



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henschel_Hs_123

Gloster Galdiator   United Kingdom   fighter



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator

Gloster Gauntlet   United Kingdom   fighter seen use in the middle east for ground attack early in the war



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Gauntlet

Fairey Fox II   United Kingdom   fighter used by Belgian during the German blitz



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Fox

Fairey Swordfish  United Kingdom   torpedo bomber the "Stringbag" of Sink the Bismark fame



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish

Hawker Fury United Kingdom   fighter   used by Yugoslavia early in the war



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Fury

Polikarpov I-15/152/152 series   Soviet Union fighter





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_I-15


Polikarpov PO-2   Soviet Union   trainer used as a nuisance raider against the german army, also known as Nähmaschine (sewing machine)



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_Po-2

Kawasaki KI-10 Japan   fighter used in 1942 for short range patrols around Japan



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-10

Mitsubishi F1M1   Japan   observation   2 seat float plane



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_F1M

Fiat CR.32   Italy   fighter   used in the western desert early in the war



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_CR.32

Fiat CR.42  Italy   fighter



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_CR.42

Fokker D.XVII   Netherlands   fighter last biplane fighter designed by Anthony Fokker or WWI fame



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.XVII

Avia B-534/Bk-534   Czechoslovakia   fighter recorded last bi-plane air-to-air victory on 2 Sept 1944 by shooting down a JU-52 transport



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia_B-534

Grumman J2F Duck   US   observation/anti-submarine patrol last plane to fly out of Bataan before it was surrendered to the Japanese



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J2F_Duck

Fairey Albacore   United Kingdom   torpedo bomber



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Albacore

Fokker C.X   Netherlands   light bomber/reconnaissance 10 in use at start of war by the Netherlands, also used by FInland



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_C.X

Bristol Bulldog   United Kingdom   fighter   used by Finland, got first air-to-air victory for Finland in the Winter War on 1 Dec 1939



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Bulldog

Curtiss SoC Seagull   US   shipbourne reconnaissance float plane



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_SOC_Seagull

Fairey Seafox   United Kingdom  shipbourne reconnaissance  float plane, participated in the attack on the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee by spotting for naval gunners



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Seafox

Supermarine Walrus   United Kingdom   seaplane    used for search and rescue among other duties



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus

Supermarine Sea Otter   United Kingdom   seaplane    catapult launched from warships



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Sea_Otter

Heinkel He.59    Germany   seaplane    used for search and rescue



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_59

Heinkel He.50    Germany   fighter   used as a nuisance raider on the eastern front



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_50

[gyrene81]

float planes on the concrete waters that exist now, wouldn't work too good.

[Karnak]

float planes on the concrete waters that exist now, wouldn't work too good.

PT Boats work....

[Megalodon]

What the heck 

SAAF Vickers Valentia  


"An SAAF Valentia carried out what was perhaps the most madcap bombing raid of World War II. The aircraft had landed at a Kenyan forward base in 1940 to deliver supplies. Over supper that night (probably including a fair amount of the local beer) the airmen were told of an Italian fort at Namoroputh in Somalia which was 'simply waiting to be bombed'. Nothing loth, the intrepid airmen concocted their own 'bomb', consisting of a 40-gallon drum containing '386 sticks of dynamite, parts of a sewing machine, a motorcar differential and two packets of incendiary bullets', according to a contemporary report. Lacking an impact detonator they wired it up to a length of slow-burning mining fuse.

Next morning the aviators (by now doubtless nursing severe hangovers) loaded their bomb into their slow, lumbering transport (its maximum speed - in a dive - was about 120 mph!) and took off. As they approached the fort they lit the fuse and tried to throw the bomb out of the door of their transport. To their horror it stuck fast in the doorway, leading to much pushing and shoving - and language that probably turned the sky a considerably deeper shade of blue than usual! Eventually they managed to heave the bomb out. It scored a direct hit on the fort, which disappeared in a cloud of smoke. The airmen returned to their base to a right royal roasting from their superiors (whose permission for the strike they had neglected to obtain) and three rousing cheers (and many more beers!) from their squadron-mates.


Hawker Hind

In 1941, Hinds flew combat missions in their original role as light bombers against Axis forces - South African Hinds were employed against Italian forces in Kenya, during the East African Campaign and Yugoslav Hinds were used against the Germans and Italians

[gyrene81]

PT Boats work....

so do cv groups but none of them fly...when you can ditch on water bail out then walk across it, something tells me floatplanes would lose some vital landing equipment trying to land.

[Karnak]

so do cv groups but none of them fly...when you can ditch on water bail out then walk across it, something tells me floatplanes would lose some vital landing equipment trying to land.

You can attach whatever code to the surface behavior of an airplane you want.  The PT Boat is not intrinsically different from an airplane from the game's perspective.

[Rino]

     I'm guessing all those new Oscar pilots would sure be disappointed by all those  slow, turny 2 wingers clogging up the stallfight