Pick 6 a/c to build your AF at beginning WWII (1 Viewer)

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Now that I have thought about this for years, I will play. I chose the Panamal Canal Zone. Protect the locks from sub's, raiders and carrier planes.

C47 transport.
Sterman basic trainer.

Priority is multiple use craft for the rear area. All purpose long range fighter and fighter bomber, P38.

Primary fighter and ground attack, F4U.

Long range patrol, SAR, heavy bomber, PBM Mariner

For medium range coverage PV Ventura/Harpoon. Can also use as ground attack.
 
Interesting and amusing thread ! I'm going with 2 fighters, 2 bombers and 2 trainers.

Fighters :
- Fw-190 A : low to med altitude day fight. Other possible roles : fighter/bomber, night fighter, ground support and even torpedo-bomber haha
- P-38 : high altitude day fight. Other possible roles : interceptor, fighter/bomber, night fighter, ground support, escort fighter, reco

Bombers :
- Ar 234 : light/medium bomber. Could also be used as a reco aircraft
- B-24 : heavy bomber. Could also be used as a coastal patrol aircraft and a transport.

Trainers :
- T-6 : training for single-engined aircraft
- Avro Anson : training for multi-engined aircraft. Other roles : rescue, service, liaison aircraft

The main logic behind these choices is linked with flexibility. Many roles can be performed by many aircrafts, I don't want to have a specific plane for one particular task at the beginning. Considering the evolution of the conflict it'll be possible to assign an aircraft to a more specific role or make a few modifications to adapt it a bit better to a certain task.

The 2 fighters aren't the very best of their category but still tough opponents. They are quite complementary performance-wise but both can be used for a large variety of missions if needed.
I've chosen the Arado obviously for its speed and low chances of being intercepted, pretty interesting for a bomber that can carry 1800-2000 kg of bombs. Strategical and long range missions would be assigned to the Liberator.
I pick 2 trainers because a large majority of my air force is composed by multi-engined aircrafts, more complex to fly. I'd like to limitate the accident rate during the learning phase and at the beginning of a pilot's operationnal life.

Few drawbacks I can see to this "set-up" :
- Not the cheapest air force to maintain and produce in quantity. Needs more ressources than other ones stated below to be fully operationnal.
- No career-based aircraft. A problematic point if the context is like in the PTO. However, I think the P-38 and the B-24 have the potential to cause some serious troubles at long range, that kind of compensate.
 

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