Ok, so we have the D-9 in the game. Everyone are or at least should be quite well aware of it, what it can do etc and it is a fact that it is one of the more popular aircraft in the AH inventory. However there were three more main FW190D versions the D-11, D-12 and D-13. These types are all really the same aircraft as the D-9 with the main difference that it has the Junker Jumo 213E engine, instead of the 213A. It is the same engine that we have in AH already in the Ta152H.
Development of the FW190 line of a/c progressed much the same way the P47 designations did (P47D-11, D-25 and so on). Now, some 17 D-11s were manufactured, only three D-12s because it was cancelled in favor of the D-13 of which it is deemed probable 17 or more were manufactured but it is unknown if they saw combat. The only difference between the three types is armament otherwise they are identical. This makes for 30 or more manufactured, the D-11 did see combat that is confirmed as JV44s Platzschutzstaffel downed a P47 with one D-11.
The differences vs the much more common and well known D-9 are:
Larger air intake because of the Jumo 213E and flat cowling gun access panel since they were deleted (same nose as on the Ta152H) on all models.
D-11, 2 x inboard MG151/20 + 2 x outboard Mk108.
D-12, 2 x inboard MG151/20 + single Mk108 motorkanone (identical setup to the Ta152H we have).
D-13, 2 x inboard MG151/20 + single MG151/20 motorkanone.
The point is that these three are the same aircraft except in armament. It is also known that these armament modifications could be made in the field, so a D-11 could become a D-13 or D-12 simply by swapping cannons around. The most famous Dora today is a D-13, Yellow 10 of JG26 Kommodore Franz Götz now in the hands of the Flying Heritage Collection, in flyable condition yet never flown. As a sidenote they also own the only BMW801D powered FW190A remaining to this day.
Introduction of the later Dora models were not as if a unit received a new aircraft type, the new types were mixed with the more common D-9 for obvious reasons. It is the same aircraft with the only significant difference being the engine upgrade.
Now in light of the state of the game I know how this comes across. The discussion on late Luftwaffe planes seem to be never ending on these boards. However I think the addition
should interest HTC in that it requires minimal work to include it, and the marketing aspect. This of course, without knowing what HTC is working on in terms of features and upgrades to strengthen the marketing position. However it is my take on it that most of the requested Luftwaffe rides that appear time and time again here require not only a new model, but also a flight model to be built without any data available, besides the fact that the requested type many times never saw combat. Personally I'm a huge fan of the 152 series and the C in particular, but I don't hope to see that one in AH any time soon. The later D models however are not a stretch, they are essentially identical to the D-9 but deserve a perk for the engine upgrade which is no small affair in terms of performance improvement over the D-9.
So I make a wish for any of the later D models to be included, but D-11 or D-13 would be most logical. I don't know if HTC see this as worthwhile but one thing is for sure, if it was added it would satisfy the Luftwaffe crowd in this game probably for a long time ahead.
To my peers, the addition in question would not be a super bomber killer, a D-13 would be worse off at altitude than the Ta152H heavier than the D-9 but faster. D-13 much the same as D-9 only faster so I guess it would be a pony killer, but I guess we have several pony killers in the game already such as the F4U-4. The historical rarity and performance does warrant a perk penalty, but that is all.
Here is the only surviving and still airworthy Dora in the world. The D-13 of Franz Götz Geschwaderkommodore JG26. It is the same aircraft that was tested post-war in mock air combat against a Tempest V, for the occasion piloted by Major Heinz Lange (10 flights in a D-9) who was not informed it was a D-13 he was flying and not a D-9.
