posted 03-11- 03:28 PM            

I need to know the dates for introduction of the current SDOE planes (as well as dates of last service).

I need all of them

190a4,190a8, 190d9
bf109e,f,g,k,
b17,
lanc
mossie
p51
p38
spit 1a, v, ix
typhoon
a36a

posted 03-11- 03:40 PM               

That should be in the books we all have. I'll have a look.

posted 03-11- 04:32 PM               

Entry of Service, European theatre

Ju87A : 1936 Three used in the Spanish civil war
Bf-109B : 1937 Used in the Spanish civil war
Ju87B : 1938 Used in the Spanish civil war and also the most used
version early in World War II.
Bf-109D : 1938 Used during the Blitzkrieg
Bf-109E : 1939 The most used in the Battle of Britain

World War II begins
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Ju87B : 1939 Sept 1 4:26 Three Ju 87Bs took off for the very first bombing
attack of World War II
Ju88 : 1939 Sept First combat (against British Naval forces in the North Sea)
He 115A-3 : 1938 Mid First deliveries. (?)
Received to Küstenfliegerstaffel 1./Kü.Fl.Gr.106 in Sept 1939
Norway received six He115A-2s on July 14, 1939
He 115B-1 : 1939 Sept B-1 model entered production
Spit Mk.Ia : 1939 Oct 16 First combat (vs 9 Ju88s over the Firth of Forth)
He 115C-1 : 1940
BV 138A-1 : 1940 April Service Delivery
Tomahawk (P-40A) : 1940 Sept Arrived in England, (not used much in combat ?)
Beaufighter : 1940 Sept ?
Spit Mk.II : 1940 end into service
Bf 109 F-1 : 1941 Jan The first fighters delivered to operational units.
Lancaster : 1941
Mosquito : 1941
Catalina : 1941 Entering service with RAF Coastal Command
BV 138C-1 : 1941 March Service Delivery
Spit Mk.V : 1941 March arrives to front line units
Tomahawk IIB(P-40C): 1941 June 16 First missions was in North Africa (RAF and SAAF)
Areas: First used by the Russians on the Moscow and
Leningrad fronts in October 1941
Liberator Mk.I : 1941 June Equipped to No.120Sq of RAF Coastal Command based at
Nutt's Corner, Belfast and used in the antisubmarine role
BV 222C Viking : 1941 July 10 Service Delivery
B-239 Buffalo : 1941 mid Second part of the Winter War starts.
they were Brewster F2A-1 Buffalos without naval equipment
1940 march?, First few received in Finland most probably not
used in the first part of the Winter war.
Fw 190A-1 : 1941 mid First combat
Typhoon : 1941 Sept Squadrons at Duxford receives first
Kittyhawk I (P-40D): 1941 Jan 1 Became operational with the RAF in the Western Desert
Kittyhawk IA(P-40E): 1941 Jan 1 Became operational with the RAF in the Western Desert
B-239 Buffalo : 1941 June 25 Finlands war with Russia start. Brewster F2A-1 Buffalos
slightly modified and with headset armor. Flew against
for example Yak-1s, Yak-7s and Lend-Lease Hurricanes,
P-40s and P-39s.
P-40G : 1941 Oct First shipped to USSR
Liberator Mk.II : 1941 Nov Equipped to Coastal Command's No.120 Sq, supplementing
that unit's Liberator Mk. Is

posted 03-11- 04:43 PM               

K this includes planes that are comming out too.

Yak3 entered with 91st air regiment of the vvs, july 16 1944

p51(not sure if they mean D or a later version) last mission carried out of the conflict was on august 14,1945 and went on to the korean war

entered service. P38g early months of 1943 (if we ever make one) P38H was the next month. P38J august 1943. P38L in 1944.

The lightnings were withdrawn from service in 1946 and declared surplus 3 year later.

Me 262 autumn of 1944 entered to i guess the very end.

bf109 K-0 entered september 1944 the K-2 and K-4 entered during the first few days of 1945. K6s entered in jan 1945. K-14 entered during the last 2 weeks of the war and very few saw any service.

Spit mkIs went into sevice slowly starting june 1938.

I16/6 was the first version used operationally in combat on November 5, 1936 in spain. they were used in front line service until the summer of 1943.

F4U-1s fist starting sevice aboard carriers april 1944. It first started with marines and then land based units of the US navy. Earlier then the first carrier service. But the book doesn't say when

FW190d(9s?) started service with units of III/JG 54 in september 1944.

Ki-61 reached units in fev 1943 and made its operative devut in may.

p51b started serving november 1943 and carried out their first mission on december 1st.

P47D started service in 1943 (hows that for acurate) ended service in december 1945.

SBD1s and 2s started service at the end of 1940.these were replaced by the SBD-3s in march of the following year.not sure when the SBD-5 appeared but it seems to be around mid to late 1942. They were removed from front line service at the end of 1944.

typhoon mk IB started service May 3,1941.

The Bf109Gs started service in late summer of 1942.

The Ju88A-1 started service in august 1939. the JU88G-1 appeared in the spring of 1944.

F4Fs went into service first with britain with units of the fleet air arm in the fall of 1940. A year later with the Americans at pearl harbor.

posted 03-11- 04:45 PM               

Well you Suck ass Aui. You pull it off your hard drive and i spend 45minutes searching through books.

Its cool. pull any info i have that you didn't have and add it to your Document. Its a handy thing to have around.

posted 03-12- 08:16 AM            

It's amazing how many planes we have that didn't play until the end of the war.

posted 03-12- 08:35 AM               

For sure man. And they happen to be our favorites hehe. All the planes with the most power and cannons.

posted 03-12- 12:57 PM               

F4U-1 ("birdcage"): Feb 43
F4U-1A (bubble canopy, water injection): Nov 43
Corsair Mk II (Royal Navy F4U-1A): Apr 44
F4U-1D ("bulged" bubble canopy): Feb 45
F4U-4 (upgraded engine, some w/20mm cannon): Jun 45

And yes, you might need to make missions for all those versions...

posted 03-12- 03:14 PM               

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