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If you had your own airforce, what PROPELLER DRIVEN (because obviously we'd all use 262's) aircraft from WWII would you use in it for the different roles and why?
Fighter: Fw 190
Light/Attack Bomber: Fw 190
Medium Bomber: B-25 Mitchell
Heavy Bomber: B-29
Transport: C-47
Fighter/Light/Attack Bomber: It was a tough choice between the Würger and the Corsair, but I ended up going with the 190 because you could get so much out of one airframe: high altitude fighter, low to medium altitude fighter and ground attack frame, and from a production standpoint because of the many shared components the aircraft would be easy to produce.
Too bad the other guy has the navy and can use the F4U for virtually every role - then pick either a high altitude interceptor like the Ta 152 as the Fighter' and the F4U as Light Bomber with extraordinary capability to do so many things
Medium Bomber: Once again, the Mitchell is another good multi-role aircraft. Not a really vunerable machine that can deal out a fair amount of damage. Just a good all around plane.
Heavy Bomber: The B-29 could fly higher than anything else at the time as well as carry an enormous bombload. Just another must have.
Transport: C-47. Need I say anything else?
If you had your own airforce, what PROPELLER DRIVEN (because obviously we'd all use 262's) aircraft from WWII would you use in it for the different roles and why?
Fighter: Fw 190
Light/Attack Bomber: Fw 190
Medium Bomber: B-25 Mitchell
Heavy Bomber: B-29
Transport: C-47
Fighter/Light/Attack Bomber: It was a tough choice between the Würger and the Corsair, but I ended up going with the 190 because you could get so much out of one airframe: high altitude fighter, low to medium altitude fighter and ground attack frame, and from a production standpoint because of the many shared components the aircraft would be easy to produce.
Medium Bomber: Once again, the Mitchell is another good multi-role aircraft. Not a really vunerable machine that can deal out a fair amount of damage. Just a good all around plane.
Heavy Bomber: The B-29 could fly higher than anything else at the time as well as carry an enormous bombload. Just another must have.
Transport: C-47. Need I say anything else?
Airsuperiority Fighter: Ta-152H
Fighter-bomber: F4U-4
Night fighter: Do-335A-1 (Do-435)
Ground attack: Hs-129
Reconnaissance: Ju-388L
Medium bomber: Ju-388K
Heavy bomber: He-277
Transport light: C-47
Transport medium: Ar-232B
Transport heavy: Ju-290
Transport super heavy: Me-323
Seaplane: BV-238
Hello Soren,
sounds good as well - we are actually very close, but why would you place a C-47 instead of the Ar232/Go244B? (Rear Cargo Ramp).
Regards
Kruska
In late 1937, the Air Corps ordered ten more aircraft, designated B-17B and, soon after, another 29.[26] Improved with larger flaps, rudder and Plexiglas nose, the B-17Bs were delivered between July 1939 and March 1940. They equipped two bombardment groups, one on each U.S. coast.
Model 299 (1) 28 July 1935
YB-17 (13) 2 December 1936
YB-17A (1) 29 April 1938. (later redesignated B-17A)
B-17B (39) 27 June 1939
B-17C (38 ) 21 July 1940
B-17D (42) 3 February 1941
B-17E (512) 5 September 1941