WWII Aircraft Suggested Plane List

[blockheadgreen_]

The HF Spitfires i.e the HF VI, F/HF VII would be nice to see. They've yet to be featured in a simulator and were used fairly extensively over the new map, plus the HF VII was used with great success over the invasion zone.

Edited September 10, 2022 by Lythronax

[Jackfraser24]

Alright, I’ll stop. I’m sorry. 

Edited September 10, 2022 by Jackfraser24

[DD_Arthur]

9 hours ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Alright, I’ll stop. I’m sorry. 

Don’t worry mate. We’re just pulling your leg?.

You have as much right to post what you want here as the rest of us do and no one can say you haven’t stimulated the debate.

 I should think whatever they make as the next module, the decision won’t have been an easy one?

 

[Jackfraser24]

5 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

Don’t worry mate. We’re just pulling your leg?.

You have as much right to post what you want here as the rest of us do and no one can say you haven’t stimulated the debate.

 I should think whatever they make as the next module, the decision won’t have been an easy one?

 

Thanks. You people almost had me worried there. I’ll cut down though. I just love to share information with people, even if its  random people on the street or online.

 

One thing I wish they could do was North Africa. One of my Great  Grandfathers fought there in places like Tobruk and Sidi Rezegh in the New Zealand Army. When he was sent home on leave, the Germans and Italians were pushed out of North Africa. He did not go back to war. 

Edited September 11, 2022 by Jackfraser24

[BMA_FlyingShark]

Oh yeah, they also flew early P40's in North Africa.

 

have a nice day.

 

[Jackfraser24]

12 hours ago, FlyingShark said:

Oh yeah, they also flew early P40's in North Africa.

 

have a nice day.

 

There’s just so many aircraft that IL-2 has yet to cover. War Thunder has over 2,000. Compared to that number, IL-2 only have 85 with 6 aircraft on the way (6 if you count the Li-2 separately from the C-47, and the IAR.81 from the 80) date. 

Edited September 12, 2022 by Jackfraser24

[Hoss]

On 4/24/2022 at 8:45 AM, Alexmarine said:

I would personally really like a Tupolev SB bomber as a collector's plane 

 

And the Su-2.....

[Ghost666]

14 hours ago, Hoss said:

And the Su-2.....

That is one ugly, ugly plane!

 

I like it.

[Jackfraser24]

If there is going to be a Battle of Berlin Next, I think the Plane List would be something like this.

 

Axis                                                               

• Bf-109 G-10
• Fw-190 A-9
• He-111 H-22
• He-162 A-1/2
• Ta-152 H-0/1 (Collector)

Allies

• La-7
• P-63 C-5 (Collector)
• Tu-2
• Yak-3
• Yak-9U

 

 

Edited September 13, 2022 by Jackfraser24

[Hoss]

13 minutes ago, Jackfraser24 said:

If there is going to be a Battle of Berlin Next, I think the Plane List would be something like this.

 

Axis                                                               

• Bf-109 G-10
• Fw-190 A-9
• He-111 H-22
• Ju-88 S-1
• Ta-152 H-0/1 (Collector)

Allies

• La-7
• P-63 C-5 (Collector)
• Tu-2
• Yak-3
• Yak-9U

Battle of Berlin would also need something Allied coming from the West...

I do like seeing the P-63 in your line up.. and the Tu-2, would love to see it in game finally...

 

[354thFG_Panda_]

Would love to see P-47C and early P-38. 

[Jackfraser24]

Beaufighter Mk.X (10)

 

Why it should be passed for consideration

• We need more British planes in the sky’s above the battlefield, like as many as Germany and the Soviet Union has.
• (To partially quote wikipedia) Has four 20 mm Hispano Mk.II cannons in the nose, six 7.7 mm browning machine guns in the wings, two on the left wing, four on the right (which I find odd), capable of carrying eight 27 kg rockets, two 110 kg bombs, or one torpedo. So a lot of firepower and weapons capacity. Has a manned turret at the back, so you would be well defended from behind.
• Would complement the Mosquito in combat.
• You could almost say its a multi role fighter aircraft like the Mosquito since it can be used as a heavy fighter, night fighter, strike fighter, light bomber or a torpedo bomber.
• This variant of the Beaufighter was operating in Southern England before, during and after Operation Overlord.

[Jackfraser24]

Would having the Me-163 have any purpose being in Normandy or Bodenplatte? Or would it only be useful if Great Battles made a strategic bombing dlc revolving around the years 1944-45?

[BOO]

10 hours ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Beaufighter Mk.X (10)

 

Why it should be passed for consideration

• We need more British planes in the sky’s above the battlefield, like as many as Germany and the Soviet Union has.
• (To partially quote wikipedia) Has four 20 mm Hispano Mk.II cannons in the nose, six 7.7 mm browning machine guns in the wings, two on the left wing, four on the right (which I find odd), capable of carrying eight 27 kg rockets, two 110 kg bombs, or one torpedo. So a lot of firepower and weapons capacity. Has a manned turret at the back, so you would be well defended from behind.
• Would complement the Mosquito in combat.
• You could almost say its a multi role fighter aircraft like the Mosquito since it can be used as a heavy fighter, night fighter, strike fighter, light bomber or a torpedo bomber.
• This variant of the Beaufighter was operating in Southern England before, during and after Operation Overlord.

MKX is a Torbeau. Dont think BoX does torpedos yet.  If you are looking at at 1944 timeframe you also have the AI MKVIII radar in the "Thimble nose". Box doesnt do search radar either.  A Mk XIC would better suit perhaps but these mostly operated in strike wings alongside MkXs. 

 

Rear defence in the shape of a single .0303 with limited traverse and the fact that the pilot has littlel if no rearward vision isnt "well defended" ?

 

So, without torp and radar tech any beau it would be something of a compromised mossie at this time. 

 

 

[BOO]

31 minutes ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Would having the Me-163 have any purpose being in Normandy or Bodenplatte? Or would it only be useful if Great Battles made a strategic bombing dlc revolving around the years 1944-45?

The latter

[SFC_Scott]

Any plans for an A-20G variant? According to vvsairwar.com the Soviet Union received 1,606 G models. Reportedly half of the G models produced! 

 

2018/01/09/the-douglas-a-20-havoc-boston-in-soviet-service/

 

 

[BOO]

54 minutes ago, SFC_Scott said:

Any plans for an A-20G variant? According to vvsairwar.com the Soviet Union received 1,606 G models. Reportedly half of the G models produced! 

 

2018/01/09/the-douglas-a-20-havoc-boston-in-soviet-service/

 

 

Often requested but so far no indication I’ll happen. 

[SFC_Scott]

9 hours ago, BOO said:

Often requested but so far no indication I’ll happen. 

They need a voting system to prioritize their developments!  But then again, with as much money as I've paid them in preorders and in paying full price for existing content, they should just defer judgement to me and let me make those decisions...?

[357th_KW]

Ideally we’d get a combo A-20G/J and have the option of the solid nose or a bombardier.

[SFC_Scott]

25 minutes ago, 357th_KW said:

Ideally we’d get a combo A-20G/J and have the option of the solid nose or a bombardier.

I like that idea even better! But I suppose the base model A-20 already there, so having the option of just picking the G like we can from the wide variety of 109 variants would work. 

Edited October 5, 2022 by SFC_Scott

[DD_Crash]

A bomb aimer that could actually drop the bombs would be very good to have

[Mtnbiker1998]

The A-20B we have is a blast to fly, and Gambit's Havok over Kuban is excellent. An A-20G is probably the one reason I'd even consider buying another East Front module.

 

That being said, I'd be just as happy to pick it up as a collector or in another battle.

[Niagara]

A20G would be great !!  and yes they were USED by the Russians ,  but we will never see one ,  they need to make another 99 variants of the BF109  and FW 190 first ..Sad but True ??..

[SFC_Scott]

4 hours ago, Mtnbiker1998 said:

The A-20B we have is a blast to fly, and Gambit's Havok over Kuban is excellent. An A-20G is probably the one reason I'd even consider buying another East Front module.

 

That being said, I'd be just as happy to pick it up as a collector or in another battle.

The A-20 is my favorite aircraft in IL-2.  I would certainly pay for the G as a collector. The IL-2 Gods know I've given plenty of sacrificial currency for collector planes. What's one more? I'd sacrifice for a B-25 as well...

[BOO]

Having the G as a collector always seemed to be a no brainier for me. I can only think that there are reasons why it hasn’t appeared. 

[SFC_Scott]

38 minutes ago, BOO said:

Having the G as a collector always seemed to be a no brainier for me. I can only think that there are reasons why it hasn’t appeared. 

I'm sure. Like the IL-2 development team is actually a team of KGB agents who have been tasked with devising horrifying new ways to torture unsuspecting World War II flight sim enthusiasts.  If so, they are succeeding.  Right now they are reading this thread and toasting each other with vodka. "Well done, Comrades!" Either that or plotting my obduction because I figured them out!  If you don't hear from me again...

Edited October 8, 2022 by SFC_Scott

[BOO]

1 minute ago, SFC_Scott said:

I'm sure. Like the IL-2 Team is actually a crack team of KGB agents who are devising horrifying new ways to torture unsuspecting World War II flight sim enthusiasts.  If so, they are succeeding.  Right now they are reading this thread and toasting each other with vodka. "Well done, Comrades!" Either that or plotting my obduction because I figured them out!  If you don't hear from me again...

or……..it’s not as popular as we think it is to risk the dev cost of making a powered turret and self sealing tanks for it. 
 

I’ll go with either ?

[Carl_infar]

I think the best choince for 1st 4 engine bomber in il2 GB would be lancaster or halifax as both have only 3 turrets (in comparision to say B17 with many more stations) plus pilot seat so not so much to model as for stations.

I would happily pay the 80 bucks to get any of them 

[Bell]

Easiest four-engine bomber to make.

[CountZero]

1 hour ago, Bell said:

Easiest four-engine bomber to make.

Have better chances tthen B-17 or any other 4 engine bomber, give it forward shooting gunpod and its good to go, dont even bather with bombs. 

[[CPT]Crunch]

18,482 B-24 Liberators says "You is wrong, be sure".  It is a must as an AI, minimum.

[Noisemaker]

On 10/8/2022 at 10:25 AM, SFC_Scott said:

I'm sure. Like the IL-2 development team is actually a team of KGB agents who have been tasked with devising horrifying new ways to torture unsuspecting World War II flight sim enthusiasts.  If so, they are succeeding.  Right now they are reading this thread and toasting each other with vodka. "Well done, Comrades!" Either that or plotting my obduction because I figured them out!  If you don't hear from me again...

Like Jason?

 

#FreeJason

[Nickkyboy99]

I know it's an old post, but the Hs 126 would be useful. In MP (specifically the Finnish server), the Po-2 is an excellent aircraft which can be used to spot enemy tanks lingering around the capture points.

It would be nice if the Germans had a plane similar to the Po-2 because it would help a lot with spotting for the Axis side.

 

The Hs 123 is also a welcomed addition, but I prefer the Hs 126 because it's a monoplane with its wing above the cockpit, hence better visibility for spotting ground targets. Also, it has a rear gunner which is nice.

 

EDIT: Actually, the Fi 156 Storch would be a better choice imo. 

Edited October 22, 2022 by Nickkyboy99

[Jackfraser24]

Did the Mc.205 Veltro have a wing longer than the other, like the Mac.202?

[Feldgrun]

The highest scoring German fighter on Combat Box is the Bf 109 G-14. [Edit: The highest scoring aces use the G-14 to get] highest in Kills to Deaths, and in overall Kills (however, the P-51Ds, with the reworked .50 cals, are currently kicking the crap out of everybody). In contrast to the G-14, the G-10, according to some, was superior to the G-14. If that's true, would the G-10 likely become the new favourite and highest scoring German fighter on multiplayer servers? At one point I thought it would be the K-4, but the Mk 108 has terrible velocity, but would likely shine if we ever got heavy bombers in this game.

 

If we're not going to get a Pacific battle soon (which I hope we do), and if it has to be late-war Eastern Front, let there be a G-10.

Edited October 21, 2022 by Feldgrun

[the_emperor]

the G-10 was essential a K-4 with a 20mm instead of a 30mm (later versions also feature fully covered landing gear and retractable rear gear)

So compared to the G-14 it would be faster in the straight and enjoy a higher FTH, but due to being heavier would also be a little bit less nimble in a dogfight.

[Hotaru_Ito]

Can't talk about multiplayer since I'm pretty much single-player-only, but I've always had the impression that the G-10 and the Fw-190A-9 were being saved as the obligatory 109 and 190 for a future late-war ETO expansion. Not sure where I read that, whether it was an actual dev statement or just speculation, but in the likely event the next expansion is East '45, I think those two are pretty safe bets for the German lineup.

 

If they went to Italy that'd be too early for the G-10 though, not sure what the 109 in that one would be. Just scrolling through the Wikipedia article on 109 variants I'm not seeing anything big between the E-4 and G-10 that we don't already have, but I'm not an expert.

[CountZero]

7 hours ago, Feldgrun said:

The highest scoring German fighter on Combat Box is the Bf 109 G-14. It scores highest in Kills to Deaths, and in overall Kills (however, the P-51Ds, with the reworked .50 cals, are currently kicking the crap out of everybody). In contrast to the G-14, the G-10, according to some, was superior to the G-14. If that's true, would the G-10 likely become the new favourite and highest scoring German fighter on multiplayer servers? At one point I thought it would be the K-4, but the Mk 108 has terrible velocity, but would likely shine if we ever got heavy bombers in this game.

 

If we're not going to get a Pacific battle soon (which I hope we do), and if it has to be late-war Eastern Front, let there be a G-10.

Its biggest scoring because it is fown most, even in K/D is 8th out of axis airplanes, also if you look at K/D and K/h (that is important) youll see 109K4 is better and 109G6Late is better, even 109F2 and D9 have better K/D... its nothing special to have most kills when its airplane that is most flown... its most flown because K4 is limited and non exist on Normandy map , and G6Late is BoN airlane and most ppl dont have that...

Buth MP is nothing like historical enviroment, this is more like showing gun stats in CoD and saying what gun is better based on K/D or kills amount LOL

 

G-10 will be added to game thats a given, question is only will it be collector airplane for bobp campaign or as part of some late war dlc.

 

Also it would not replace G-14 as highest scoring airplane, as it would not be available and used on most missions, so you would still have G-14 with most time flown = most kill scored... Its more likely that G6Late will eat up its stats when BoN get cheeper, as it can be used on more timeline for missions.

 

Edited October 21, 2022 by CountZero

[-=PHX=-SuperEtendard]

The G-10 has the advantage of decent high altitude performance compared to the G-14, but at low altitude it's slightly slower than it similar to the G-14/AS.




 

[Feldgrun]

3 hours ago, CountZero said:

Its biggest scoring because it is fown most, even in K/D is 8th out of axis airplanes, also if you look at K/D and K/h (that is important) youll see 109K4 is better and 109G6Late is better, even 109F2 and D9 have better K/D...

 

 

Right, sorry, I meant the G-14 was used by the highest scoring aces on Combat Box.