New planes requests (from other threads/please pin it)

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by gaunt1

No way, especially prototypes. Maybe after planes like Typhoon, Spit XIV, Tu-2, Ju-88C6, Me-410, or Ki-44 are added. These are far more important.

I think that "Luftwaffe 1946" is lowest priority, but the Gloster Meteor Mk. I was operational during WW2 and did useful work shooting down V-1s.

I'd still put it further back in the queue compared to many other planes, however.

[Marabekm]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

Rivaled only by Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, which aren't even in the game!

Yugoslavia is kind of in game. Not as a selectable country, but we do have some of the aircraft.
You have to substitute the BF-109E4 for the 109E3, (And download Yugoslav skins somewhere for it.
Also the IK-3 was added in 4.12 something. (It has the Yugoslav skin already)
And the Sm-79 also saw service with the Yugoslav air force( but this could have been the 2 engine version like Romania used, I am not sure.)

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Marabekm

Yugoslavia is kind of in game. Not as a selectable country, but we do have some of the aircraft.

The IK-3 is one of my favorite "rare birds" in the game.

Bf-109E-3 could easily be added to the game along with the E-1.

I can understand the decision to not include some of the "minor nations" in IL2, though. Mostly its because we don't have suitable maps and voice packs.
To some extent, it's because there doesn't appear to be that much of a fan base for IL2 in certain countries.

[Marabekm]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

North Africa/Mediterranean 1940-43: Bf-110D & E series, He-115 series. Ba.64, Br.20, CANT Z.501, Cr.32 (and probably other Italian types). Albacore series, Barracuda series, Baltimore series, Bombay Mk. I, Boston Mk. I, II, III, & IIIA, Havoc Mk. III, Liberator Mk. II/LB-30, Hurricane Mk. IID & IV, Kittyhawk Mk. II, IIA, & III, Lysander Mk. I, Maryland series, Mitchell Mk. I, Sea Gladiator series, Sea Hurricane series, Sea Otter Mk. II. B-25B Mitchell, P-38E, F, G & H models, P-40 F, G, K, L, & N models.

P-40M is same as Kittyhawk Mk III
A-20C is same as Boston (not sure which Mk though)

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Marabekm

P-40M is same as Kittyhawk Mk III
A-20C is same as Boston (not sure which Mk though)

I'm a bit confused about exactly what the RAF considered to be a Kittyhawk Mk. III. The RAF appeared to call both late production P-40L and early production P-40M variants by the name of Kittyhawk Mk. III.

I'm also not sure what, if any, British equipment was fitted on Lend-Lease aircraft. In game terms, if the Kittyhawk III has any differences to its cockpit, DM or FM from the P-40M or L, it has to be treated as a new plane. Otherwise, the ability to carry Soviet or British ordinance can just be treated as loadout variants to the basic US plane type.

The A-20C is a different bird from the early Boston series. There was extensive production of the precursor to the A-20, the DB-7, for both France and the UK prior to the Lend-Lease act in 1941. The aircraft in this series were built to French and later British standards. There was lots of French/British equipment fitted as at the factory, even though the planes were built in the US.

The Boston Mk. I is the British conversion of the French DB-7. The Boston Mk. II is either the British conversion of the French DB-7A, or a Boston Mk. I with improved engines. But, most Boston Mk.II were quickly turned into Havoc I night fighters.

The Boston Mk. III is either a converted French DB-73, or a DB-7B ordered directly by the RAF.

The original USAAF A-20 sort of corresponds to the DB-7B, but of course the USAAF wanted its own equipment installed, which necessitated the new variant.

The A-20B sort of corresponded to the DB-7A, with lighter armor than the DB-7B. But, it had American equipment rather than British.

The A-20C was the first attempt to create a "universal" version of the A-20 series which could be used by the US and all its allies.