IL-2 Birds of Prey Sequel Wishlist

[Panzergranate]

The Finnish Airforce.....

For the fighters:

Fokker D-21
Brewster Buffalo (The reliable version the Fins had)
Curtis P-36 Hawk.
Bristol Bulldog
Finnish built J8-A (Gloster Gladiator)
Finnish Built Humu (Buffalo copy with wooden wings, Russian I-16 engine)
Bombers:

Finnish Built Blenhiem IV
Blackburn Rippon
Bristol Fighter
Fokker bi-plane divebomber
The DC-2 (they only had the one transport plane!!)

Also....

Bf-110 G2 with upgradeable weapons options (2 x 30mm. and 1 x 37mm. FlaK)
Me-210
Me-410
Ju-88
Do-17
Do-17 Z
Do-217
Pe-2
Pe-3
Pe-8
Mig-1
Mig-3
LaGG-1
LaGG-3
I-18
Fairey Battle
Blenhiem II fighter (BoB)

And for all those players who prefer to fight in DF and TB with tail guns.....

Boulton-Paul Defiant

[Mage_016]

Originally Posted by Panzergranate

Finnish Built Humu (Buffalo copy with wooden wings

Did that plane ever take a part in compat. Prototype was ready in august 1944 and had only 20 hours of air time at all.

[Panzergranate]

Originally Posted by Mage_016

Did that plane ever take a part in compat. Prototype was ready in august 1944 and had only 20 hours of air time at all.

Maybe involved in a few trial sorties.

Only 3 were built and only one survives.

The design was mainly flawed by the choice of powerplant. The 950 HP I-16 engine was a poor substitute for the 1,200 Wright Whirlwind in the B-239.

The Humu struggled to make 300 MPH, though most Soviet fighters were equally underpowered during that time as well.

It would be fun to fly though.

I was disapointed that the Fokker D-XXI wasn't included in IL-2 "Forgotten Battles", bearing in mind that it made up the bulk of the Finnish fighter forces, with the Finnish J8-A Gloster Gladiator clone in second place. The 42 Brewster B-239 Buffaloes were the third most numerous fighter and scored the majority of fighter kills from 1941 to 1944, proving to be superiour in dogfights than even the Yak's and La's.

Finland's last kill of the war was by a B-239 Buffalo when it downed a German Ju-87 Stuka in 1944 after Finland changed sides.