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[iMattheush]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

The Bf-110 B series (...) never saw combat

Of course it saw combat, mostly (or only) in Poland and Norway, e.g. reports said, that during '39 Polish Defensive War, P.11c pilots destroyed 5 Bf 110C and 2 Bf 110B, and severely damaged 4 Bf 110C and 1 Bf 110B, there are some reports and photos about crashed Bf 110B in Norway Campaign as well
It's interesting that in Polish Campaign, there are first and last usage of 30-50 Ju 86 (possibly E version) bombers in WWII as well!

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[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by iMattheush

Of course it saw combat, mostly (or only) in Poland and Norway, e.g. reports said, that during '39 Polish Defensive War, P.11c pilots destroyed 5 Bf 110C and 2 Bf 110B, and severely damaged 4 Bf 110C and 1 Bf 110B, there are some reports and photos about crashed Bf 110B in Norway Campaign as well

I stand corrected. My sources indicated that the B series was withdrawn from first-line service and just used for training prior to September 1939.

But, if advanced training units were deployed to Poland, or if Bf-110B were deployed to bring first-line units up to full strength during the Poland and Norway campaigns, then I could believe the B series saw combat, albeit in limited numbers.

Even so, it's impossible to include every model of every plane in the game. The selection of Bf-110 that TD has provided us does a very good job of covering the day fighter and attack versions from late 1940 to 1945. The only major variant that's missing is one of the very earliest C models.

Given that we've got maps of Norway and will be getting a map of 1940 France, the C-1 variant seems the most logical if TD wanted to give us one more early war variant. (But, if TD is still working on more Bf-110 variants, I'd want the F4/U-1 and G4/R-8 versions much more.)

[iMattheush]

https://books.google.pl/books?id=wZl...20110B&f=false

I./ZG 1, I.(Z)/LG 1 and I./ZG 76 each used in Poland one Staffel equipped with the Bf 110 B version. This fact is documented.

I agree with you, that C-1 is more necessary for early war campaigns than B-1, but B-1 saw combat as well