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

[Pursuivant]

This is a listing of RAF aircraft in service as of June 1942 serving in the UK. Many were used over the English Channel.

Heavy Bomber: Halifax I, II, Lancaster I, Stirling I, III

Medium Bomber: Blenheim IV, V, Hampden I, Manchester I, Mosquito IV, Wellington IA, IC, II, III, IV, Whitley V

Flying Boat/Patrol: Catalina IB, IIIA, Sunderland I, II, III

Light Bomber/Patrol: Boston III, IIIA, Hudson I, II, III, V, VI

Heavy Bomber/Patrol: Fortress I, II, IIA, Liberator I, II, III

Fighter/Attack: Hurricane IIA, IIB, IIC, Mustang I, IA, II, Spitfire IIA, IIB, IV, VA, VB, VC, Tomahawk I, IIA, IIB, Typhoon IA, IB

Night Fighter/Intruder: Beaufighter IIF, Defiant II, Havoc I, Mosquito II

Heavy/Strike Fighter: Beaufighter I, II, VI, VIC, Mosquito II, IV, Whirlwind I

Coop/Liaison: Lysander II, III, IIIA, Dominie, Hudson IV

Note that many of these aircraft are already in the game, although some aren't flyable.

To my mind, the most iconic mid-war RAF planes are probably the early Beaufighter and Typhoon variants, as well as the Stirling and Sunderland.

For early Lend-Lease aircraft the big omission is the Boston III (and possibly the easiest to add since it possibly could be converted from the A-20C), although the Hudson would be almost as useful to have.

Note that this list just covers RAF aircraft and omits useful FAA aircraft types like the Fairey Albacore and Supermarine Walrus.