Two more planes:
B-239 Buffalo - I had trouble testing this one because it was so slow that it couldn't keep up with the bomber formation.
DM seems reasonably sound, except that the engine seems quite vulnerable for a radial engine, consistently smoking badly and losing lots of power after just a few hits.
Fuel tanks might be hard to damage; I got few leaks and no fires.
Guns might be hard to damage; I got no gun hits.
Mostly, the bombers just shredded the engine enough that I had to abort.
B-25H - Damage model seems reasonable, except for the usual problems.
* Nominally "self-sealing" fuel tanks don't - even when hit by just a few scattered rifle-caliber bullets.
* Wing tank fires start far too quickly and easily - just a few rifle caliber bullets in the same burst will consistently start fires if they hit a wing tanks.
Remember, the B-25 and other bombers usually blanketed the fuel tanks with exhaust gasses to reduce the chance of a fuel fire. IL2 doesn't seem to take this feature into account.
* Fuel fires don't weaken the wing or make it fail, but they will quickly run the plane out of fuel in just a few minutes.
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