Mission or Sortie (what should flights be called in SOW:BoB?)

[Avimimus]

You take off and you fly. During war time this has a term attached:
Sortie = The Commonwealth/United Kingdom term (and the term used by continental forces fighting in the RAF)
Mission = The equivalent term in the United States

The reason why "Mission" is used is simply due to the early predominance of American made flight simulators. The term Sortie was historically the one used, that sortie is the term still used in non-American history books. As SOW:BoB is set during the Battle of Britain when the majority of pilots were Commonwealth in origin it makes sense, from a historical and political point of view, that "Sortie" be used in the menus (and possibly mission file headings).

I'm not inclined to start a discussion of the politics of Americanisation or to trivialise the war by arguing about language. I'm curious if others agree with the above.

(Note: If the filename was changed SOW could be programmed so as to use both endings. Another alternative would be a neutral term such as *.flt)