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Aircraft and Vehicle Service Dates (update #12)
« on: April 20, 2017, 12:57:35 PM »
Aircraft and Vehicle Service Dates
LAST Updated: April 20, 2017
Edit #12 - added Tu-2

Aircraft
USA
VariantService Date(MM/YY)        Variant          Service Date(MM/YY)
A-20G5/42B-17G6/43
B-24J5/43B-25C1/41
B-25H9/44B-26B5/42
B-296/44C-47A12/41
P-38G11/42P-38J12/43(ETO),2/44(PTO)
P-38L7/44P-39D10/41(ETO),4/42(PTO),5/42(EF)
P-39Q10/43(PTO),11/43(EF),1/44(MTO)P-40B 1/41
P-40C 5/41P-40E 8/41
P-40F 8/42(MTO)P-40N 6/43(PTO),4/43(MTO)
P-47D-113/43(D5) to 1/44(D11)P-47D-25 5/44
P-47D-40 1/45(ETO)P-47M 1/45(ETO)
P-47N6/45P-51B12/43(ETO),8/44(CBI)
P-51D5/44(ETO),1/45(CBI&PTO)F4F-49/41(ETO),5/42(PTO)
FM-26/44(ETO),10/44(PTO)F6F-57/44
F4U-12/43(ETO),4/44(PTO)F4U-1A7/43(PTO),12/43(ETO)
F4U-1D1/45F4U-1C4/45
F4U-44/45F6F-57/44
SBD-55/43TBM-32/43
Britain
Boston MK III5/41Hurricane MkI5/41
Hurricane IIC5/40Hurricane IID4/41
Sea Hurricane MkI6/42Lancaster III3/42
Mosquito Mk VI7/43(ETO),11-43(PTO&CBI)Mosquito B.XVI1/44(ETO)
Spitfire Mk IA8/40Seafire MkII5/42
Spitfire V4/41Spitfire VIII7/43
Spitfire Mk IX7/42Spitfire Mk XIV5/44,7/45(CBI)
Spitfire Mk XVI7/44Tempest V5/44
Typhoon IB11/43*
Finland
B-239 Brewster3/40
Soviet Union
I-161/40* Il-2 Type 3 10/42
La-5FN 5/43 La-77/44
Tu-2 4/41 Yak-3 6/44 
Yak-7B 5/42 Yak-9T 1/43
Yak-9U 7/44
Italy
C.202 11/41 C.205 1/43
Japan
A6M27/40 A6M3 6/42
A6M5b 8/43 B5N2 7/40 
D3A-1 7/40 G4M1-11 9/40
Ki/43-II 12/42Ki-61 6/43
Ki-84-la 8/44(CBI),10/44(PTO)Ki-67 4/44
N1K2-J1/45
Germany
Ar 234B  7/44 Bf 109E-4 5/40
[tdBf 109F-4] 6/41 Bf 109G-2 6/42
Bf 109G-6 2/43 Bf 109G-14 7/44
Bf 109K-4 10/44 Bf 110C-4b 8/40
Bf 110G-2 5/42 Fi 156 Storch 9/39
Fw 190A-5 6/43* Fw 190A-8 2/44
Fw 190D-9 9/44 Fw 190F-8 4/44 
He-111 9-39* Ju 87D-3 4/42*
Ju-87G-2 12/43 Ju 88A-4 5/41
Me 163 9/44 Me 262 10/44
Me/410 1/43 Ta 152H 1/45 

Vehicles
USA
LVT(A)2 2/44 LVT(A)4 3/44
M-3 Halftrack 3/41 M-8 9/42
M-16 5/43 M-18 7/44
Sherman VC 6/44(ETO)M4A1 9/42(ETO),1/43(PTO)
M4A3(76) 7/44
Germany
Jagpanzer 38(t) 5/44* Jagdpanzer IV/70 11/44
Jagdpanther 3/44 Ostwind 8/44
Panzer IV Type H 3/43 Panzer IV F 4/41
Panther G 1/43 Tiger I 8/42
Tiger II 8/44 SdKfz 251 6/40
Wirbelwind 4/44
Soviet Union
T-34/76 2/43* T-34/85 2/44

Theatres of Operations
EF - Eastern Front
ETO - Europe
MTO - Mediterranean
PTO - Pacific
CBI - China-Burma-India

Notes:
* - due to the similarity to earlier variants, can be used as a substitute for earlier or other models with weapon restrictions.
« Last Edit: April 20, 2017, 02:18:38 PM by Mister Fork »
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Re: Aircraft and Vehicle Service Dates (update #12)
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2017, 02:11:33 PM »
Historical note - all service dates are listed with references to operational effectiveness in the field, not production date. There is usually anywhere 1-6 month delays from first construction to operational deployment to the field, including training of new aircraft and maintenance crews to ensure operational readiness.
« Last Edit: April 20, 2017, 02:14:00 PM by Mister Fork »
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