1n 1939 what would your operational airforce look like

[blue swede]

I pick the HE177.............WAIT forget that!

Instead I'll pick;
Carrier Fighter = F3F Wildcat
Dive Bomber = Dauntless
Medium Bomber = Boston (not sure about this one)
Heavy Bomber = B17 (duh)
Fighter = P40...no, ME109
Anti-shipping/Recon. = Catalina
Transport = C47 (I think they were around as a civilian craft)
8)

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I pick the HE177.............WAIT forget that!

Thats not funny anymore.

Instead I'll pick;
Carrier Fighter = F3F Wildcat
Dive Bomber = Dauntless
Medium Bomber = Boston (not sure about this one)
Heavy Bomber = B17 (duh)
Fighter = P40...no, ME109
Anti-shipping/Recon. = Catalina
Transport = C47 (I think they were around as a civilian craft)
8)

Its F4F Wildcat not F3F.
The Dauntless prototype first flew in 1939 but did not enter production and service until 1940.
The Boston did not enter service until January 10, 1941.

 

[carpenoctem1689]

No it really isnt funny, i mean its ok to make corrections, serious ones on another post, i myself have done this, and changed my list mulitiple times, and yeah i have messed up a few times with aircraft that werent into production yet, but come on, that HE-177 thing was just too much, not to mention that it wasnt really that great of an aircraft anyhow.

 

[blue swede]

Im' sorry mein Herr.
I didn't know that humor was verbotten.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Humor is allowed and encouraged, however since I was discussing it with you in the Best Bomber thread, it was no longer funny.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

alright, hands up, who wants me and CC to give a demonstration of real humour

and why's no one listing the whitley as their heavy bombers!

 

[Glider]

Yes please

 

[cheddar cheese]

alright, hands up, who wants me and CC to give a demonstration of real humour

and why's no one listing the whitley as their heavy bombers!

Maybe I dont wanna give a demonstration of humour...Maybe im wearing my sensible trousers...Thats not likely though, I never wear trousers. Express yourself! go on, do it. Imagine me expressing my self not wearing any trousers. You dont want to imagine it but you are arent you? Ha, I laugh in your face for thinking of me wearing no trousers against your will. You sick perverts!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

what if we just genuinely aren't wearing any trousers ...........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Then we have diahorrea with no toilet paper

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

LOL

 

[Gnomey]

 

[carpenoctem1689]

Just cause i love to do this particular post, im gonna give it another go, must be somewhere near six or seven now. Oh well, here it goes.

Interceptor: Messerschmitt Bf.109E-1
Fighter: Spitfire Mk.1
Attack: Potez 631
Bomber: G3M2
Transport: C-47/Ju-52/3M < doesnt matter which to me, like em both
Dive Bomber: Ju-87
Torpedo Bomber/coastal Bomber/recon: Sm.79

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

Bomber Interceptor: bf109
Fighter: Spitfire...
Ground support: ju87 <- very propaganda-ish
fighter bomber: bf110
many-purpose bomber: sm79
coastal patrol: sm79 and maybe the fw200
carrier: a5m, im waiting for the a6m lol

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Not a bad list there actually.

 

[carpenoctem1689]

Anyone ever think of a 1940-41 list? i mean it would really open it up to some discussion, cause alot of new aircraft came into service and production in those two years (A6M, D3A, VG33, Ki-43) just some examples, though a bunch more did. I mean the lists could get longer and more detailed, and people could get into it. Not knowing if it has been done before, ill hesitate to post it myself, but would be more than happy to participate in it.

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

Not a bad list there actually.

kool i thought u would contradict what i said like what u usually do.

i would like that 1940 post, hate the date restrictions.
maybe ill post my 1940 stuff right here:

Interceptor: He100
Fighter: Bf109, cos of the F model coming soon
Ground Support: ill put bombs and more armor on a Bf110 and
assign it to a Schlactgeschwader
Transport: S.M 81
Heavy Bomber: Stirling
Medium-Light Bomber: Boston
Coastal Recon: SM79/FW200
Carrier Fighter/Escort: A6M, Finally

 

[plan_D]

"kool i thought u would contradict what i said like what u usually do. "

You've made eleven posts, there's no "usually" concerning you and the regulars here.

I suppose you could set up a new thread and have every year in the war. Basically, my airforce would resemble the RAF throughout the war. It was an extremely well-rounded airforce, with only one major flaw (in my opinion) which was the complete lack of an effective daylight escort fighter. The U.S took up the daylight raids - so the need for large numbers of Mustang IVs in the RAF wasn't really there, I guess.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you could always say you'd continue development of the whirlybird and say you'd use that?

 

[plan_D]

What's the point? The Mustang was a British order anyway, had the U.S not been the primary daylight bombers then the RAF would have used the Mustang as the daylight escort.