Which Aircraft Will You Choose?

JG52Krupi · #1 03-22-2011, 11:45 AM

1) spitfire or hurricane (Haven't decided)

2) 109

3) Bristol beaufighter.

tillobert · #2 03-22-2011, 11:58 AM

109!!!!

Friendly_flyer · #3 03-22-2011, 01:44 PM

Which version of the Ju 88 do we get? I really like her in IL2, but I seem to remember the version that flew during the BoB was still having considerably teething problems.

For the German side, I would really have loved to have the Do 17 Schnellbomber flyable. They did some daring low level stuff early on, which is the way I like to fly bombers (suicidal, I know).

Sven · #4 03-22-2011, 09:59 PM

Have thought long about it, but every time I end up depicting myself in a 109

After that the Heinkel 111, of course, beautiful plane

Does anyone know if that's Franz von Werra's lion, or were they just popular mascots?

zakkandrachoff · #5 03-22-2011, 10:06 PM

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Mauloch · #6 03-23-2011, 12:05 AM

Hurricane with the Canadian 242 squadron codes on tail so the bastages in the bombers I just raked know who too blame! Neck on swivel watching for the 110 or 109 escort at all times tho.

Wish me luck, I'm always in need of that!

Blackdog_kt · #7 03-23-2011, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sven

Have thought long about it, but every time I end up depicting myself in a 109

After that the Heinkel 111, of course, beautiful plane

Does anyone know if that's Franz von Werra's lion, or were they just popular mascots?

No idea if it's his lion but i guess weird "pets" were popular with pilots in general, especially if we consider that he wasn't the first. I've read a few WWI memoirs online, including Eddie Rickenbaker's (i think it's out of print and available for free on some history websites, google it up), according to some of those books the US volunteer Escadrille Lafayette also had a lion mascot.

There's an awesome story that Raul Lufberry went AWOL for a whole week and when he was finally discovered bar-hopping in the bistros and restaurants of Paris, he was taking a stroll with a wine bottle in one hand and a full-grown lion on a leash in the other, but i don't know if it's confirmed or simply a legend. What most people agree on as reliable information however is that the lion's name was Whiskey

Blackdog_kt · #8 03-22-2011, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

1) spitfire or hurricane (Haven't decided)

2) 109

3) Bristol beaufighter.

I think the Beaufighter is AI only. I would like to fly it as well.

sallee · #9 03-22-2011, 07:00 PM

Am I allowed just to put a Defiant on the ground and stare at it until I get tired?

JG52Krupi · #10 03-23-2011, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

I think the Beaufighter is AI only. I would like to fly it as well.

Wondered when someone was going to point that out, it matters not I think most of my time will be spent mastering the 109, even though I'm a Brit I love the 109 and 190.

IMHO the spitfire is still the most glamorous aircraft ever and the 109/190 the most brutal looking war machines.