Which Aircraft Will You Choose?

[Friendly_flyer]

Which version of the Ju 88 do we get? I really like her in IL2, but I seem to remember the version that flew during the BoB was still having considerably teething problems.

For the German side, I would really have loved to have the Do 17 Schnellbomber flyable. They did some daring low level stuff early on, which is the way I like to fly bombers (suicidal, I know).

[Peck]

One Ten

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

1) spitfire or hurricane (Haven't decided)

2) 109

3) Bristol beaufighter.

I think the Beaufighter is AI only. I would like to fly it as well.

[sallee]

Am I allowed just to put a Defiant on the ground and stare at it until I get tired?

[zakkandrachoff]

Originally Posted by Peck

One Ten

One O Ten

"U-A-N O-U T-E-N"

[Sven]

Have thought long about it, but every time I end up depicting myself in a 109

After that the Heinkel 111, of course, beautiful plane



Does anyone know if that's Franz von Werra's lion, or were they just popular mascots?

[zakkandrachoff]

Originally Posted by Peck

One Ten

Originally Posted by zakkandrachoff

One O Ten

"U-A-N O-U T-E-N"

ouch, my mistake:

One O Nine

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Sven

Have thought long about it, but every time I end up depicting myself in a 109

After that the Heinkel 111, of course, beautiful plane



Does anyone know if that's Franz von Werra's lion, or were they just popular mascots?

No idea if it's his lion but i guess weird "pets" were popular with pilots in general, especially if we consider that he wasn't the first. I've read a few WWI memoirs online, including Eddie Rickenbaker's (i think it's out of print and available for free on some history websites, google it up), according to some of those books the US volunteer Escadrille Lafayette also had a lion mascot.

There's an awesome story that Raul Lufberry went AWOL for a whole week and when he was finally discovered bar-hopping in the bistros and restaurants of Paris, he was taking a stroll with a wine bottle in one hand and a full-grown lion on a leash in the other, but i don't know if it's confirmed or simply a legend. What most people agree on as reliable information however is that the lion's name was Whiskey

[Mauloch]

Hurricane with the Canadian 242 squadron codes on tail so the bastages in the bombers I just raked know who too blame! Neck on swivel watching for the 110 or 109 escort at all times tho.

Wish me luck, I'm always in need of that!

[engarde]

Originally Posted by bw_wolverine

As we get closer and closer and closer to maybe possibly actually having this game, I wanted to ask people which plane they're going to adopt for the battle of britain and why. Also, do you play in an organized community? What time do you play online? Maybe we can help get people who want to be part of something bigger involved in online wars or squadrons. Might be a better use of time and forum space than another argument about Steam or Freetrack.

As for me:

Plane?: Hurricane

Why?: My friends and I play missions in IL-2 with the P-40E. When we start flying as a squadron in CloD I think we'll find it an easier transition to the Hurricane. Also, we proudly fight for the allies in this virtual war.

Organized?: Roughly four or five of us play IL-2 with some regularity but not part of a larger online war. We fly as the Bad Wolf Squadron (not historical). We're fairly casual, but can step up the discipline when required.

When?: We fly around 8:00pm EST (Eastern Canada/USA)

The 109.

as a child i was just mesmerised by its shape.

i can remember coming home from primary school to my working prop, working gear and control surface 109G model in 1/48 size, and sometimes just lying on the floor staring at it.

i chose it from the shop, my father helped me build it.

keep in mind the internet simply didnt exist, computers were certainly not in the home and all the aircraft info i could get was in rarely bought magazines.

the 109E with the blue sides and black top?

evokes memories of those times, all these years later.

heheheh in another style of analogy, metaphor etc.... the spitfire was the barbi doll blonde and blue.

yeah, nice. Yawn.

the 109 was the bigger hipped, bigger chested raven haired dark eyed smoldering mystery with ruby red lips....

.... just so much more intoxicatingly attractive?