The reason there is no Spitfire Mk I is because it was never modeled in the PC version. The Spitfire was added to cover the lend-lease aircraft, and for the North Africa campaigns. Battle of Britain was/is planned to be covered in the new engine sequel to Il-2, so they never covered it in the current engine.
The Hurricane Mk IIb and IIc was another lend-lease. The Hurricane Mk I was used by the Fins in the Winter War. The Bf-109E-4 got in because it was actually an important German fighter in the early stages of the airwar on the Eastern Front: by 1942, it was obsolescent by that time in the West, but it was capable against the I-16's that made up the core of the VVS at that time.
In fact, a lot of the older aircraft that are in there, are there because the Fins were using cast-offs and weird odds and ends during the Winter War.
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10-21-2009, 06:08 AM
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