Fairey Battle the missing RAF fighter/bomber

JG52Krupi · #1 09-28-2011, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ElAurens

So?

Some of the most fun I've had in this series is doing "impossible" things with the old, odd, under performing, "crap planes" in the set.

Bagging an La5fn with a CR 42 when the La5 was truly uber.

Bagging an Me 262 with a Buffalo.

Bagging multiple F6Fs with a Ki 27.

Bagging 109 K4s with a P40.

Flying an IL2 like a fighter, and winning.

Not everyone subscribes to the "War Clouds" 1944 mind set you know.

Of course I was only joking... but at least some of the aircraft you mentioned were deemed okay at some point in the war while the battle was just rubbish from the start

Plt Off JRB Meaker · #2 09-28-2011, 06:20 PM

Yep,it got a right mauling by the Luftwaffe,and they got slaughtered over the Maastrict bridge attack by accurate AA guns,but some of us do like the historic element.

I know where Tavingon is coming from,I'd also like to replicate the Maastrict Bridge attack,see if I could get my Squadron through a barrage of Nazi AA guns,to bomb a vital bridge and get them back home again,what a challenge,great stuff.

Tavingon · #3 09-28-2011, 06:21 PM

I'd like to dogfight a battle against a stuka

Plt Off JRB Meaker · #4 09-28-2011, 06:55 PM

...........Easy tiger!

Tavingon · #5 09-30-2011, 11:08 PM

The battle can't be worse than the stuka surely? Probably not as robust though!

AWL_Spinner · #6 09-30-2011, 11:29 PM

In terms of missions flown and aircraft numbers in the early war I'd think the Hampden is the most unsung and under-represented of all the RAF types. A key player in the battle of the barges that preceded the potential Battle-of-Britain endgame, Operation Sealion.

Would love to see one in CLoD.

senseispcc · #7 10-01-2011, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Tavingon

The battle can't be worse than the stuka surely? Probably not as robust though!

The Stuka was not so robust and when caught by fighters an easy prey. Even the Soviet triple A was a dangerous foe for the Ju87 how was slow and not well armored.

Voyager · #8 10-02-2011, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Tavingon

The battle can't be worse than the stuka surely? Probably not as robust though!

The Stuka is more heavily armed with twice the machine guns, and only marginally slower than the Battle, so yes, the Battle is a worse fighter than the Stuka was. The Stuka also had a better power to weight ratio, though the Battle did have a lower wingloading.

Tavingon · #9 11-29-2011, 05:11 PM

Tha fairey battle is very much in demand..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQwsuUquTc