Information on Aircraft Modifications

[PatrickAWlson]

Looking for information on any and all aircraft modifications.  For starters, date of introduction, but also other things like availability and use cases.

 

150 Octane fuel?

Erla hood?

Hurricane armament?

- 40m?

- 4x 20mm?  

 

[LukeFF]

7 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

Looking for information on any and all aircraft modifications.  For starters, date of introduction, but also other things like availability and use cases.

 

150 Octane fuel?

Erla hood?

Hurricane armament?

- 40m?

- 4x 20mm?  

 

 

150 Octane fuel - first used during late spring / early summer by the US Eighth Air Force and RAF Air Defence of Great Britain. Not employed by US Ninth Air Force; once the RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force deployed to the Continent in September 1944, they reverted to a lower-grade fuel until early 1945.

 

Erla hood - late 1943

 

Hurricane - 40 mm - mid-1942 over North Africa. Never used by the Soviets (the planes they received were in poor material shape and considered underarmored).

 

4 x 20 mm: June 1941 by RAF, late 1942 / early 1943 by Soviets, mostly in PVO regiments

[PatrickAWlson]

So the authentic thing to do in the scope of a campaign on the given maps is not provide 150 octane fuel.

[LukeFF]

40 minutes ago, PatrickAWlson said:

So the authentic thing to do in the scope of a campaign on the given maps is not provide 150 octane fuel.

 

Right, up to a given date. In stock career mode, 150-grade fuel becomes available to the RAF in early February 1945. Before that time (September 1944 - end of January 1945), it is locked out.