My Next Project: A Poll

[fairline]

Yes that's right - there was a Brit or Aussie carrier on station throughout the War with 2-3 Sea Fury and Firefly fighter-bomber squadrons. There were no RAF combat squadrons in Korea.

[curtsibling]

That Sea Fury is very tasty! Wonderful unit, fairline!

[Sarsstock]

I second Curt's tasty statement I'm really liking the interest being shown in this thread and this worthy project in general .

[fairline]

Here's the other Commonwealth fighter-bomber, the Fairey Firefly. There was one squadron of Fireflies and one of Sea Furies based on a Brit or Aussie light carrier at any point in time during the conflict. The Australian carrier, HMAS Sydney, had 2 Sea Fury squadrons and one Firefly, at least one of which had transferred from the Brit carrier preceding it, according to this source:

http://www.korean-war.com/AirWar/GreatBritain.html

apparently the first carrier on station, HMS Triumph, had a squadron of Seafires in place of the Sea Furies, but I wouldn't worry about including them as they were similar in role and performance.

[fairline]

Useable units in this zip:

[curtsibling]

That Sea Fury and Firefly are brilliant works of art, dude!

You do the RAF proud with such killer recreations of classic crates!

[Heresson]

We have a definite overrepresentation of XX century guys in this forum . Nevertheless, I'm sure the scn will be great.

[Patine]

@Herresson: Don't be so hard on fairline. He did a great set of Ancient World units, and further back some killer Napoleonic and Seven Years' War ones.

@fairline: Great planes there, sir! I'm honored by your interest in this one.

[fairline]

You might as well have the right Meteor as well; the F3 in my WW2 compilation was obsolete by Korea. The F8 used there was plain ally coloured and had shorter wings and bigger engines.

[fairline]

Useable unit:

[Patine]

Thanks, greatly, fairline! I really appreciate the help!

[Case]

Originally posted by fairline
You might as well have the right Meteor as well; the F3 in my WW2 compilation was obsolete by Korea. The F8 used there was plain ally coloured and had shorter wings and bigger engines.

...and was still obsolete The RAAF Meteors were quickly restricted to ground attack duties after their first encounter with a MiG-15.

[fairline]

Yeah, they were a disaster from what I've read. The losses were considerably higher than those suffered by the Sea Fury and Firefly, although of course they were always tasked in the ground attack role in Korea.

I suppose the 5 years from the end of the War to Korea saw some dramatic changes in aircraft capabilities.

On another note, most comparisons drawn between the Sabre and MiG 15 suggest that on paper the MiG was the better aircraft, although the kill:loss ratios of each show the Sabre to have been far superior. The reason given for this is usually the superior training and tactics of US pilots over their Russian, Korean and Chinese counterparts.

[Harry Tuttle]

What else do you need Patine?

[Patine]

Pretty much the above-mentioned piston-powered Red aircraft (and, I think a few US piston-powered ones, too), US and Soviet/North Korean subs, a few US and Brit/Aussie carrier, and then mostly infantry (US, Australian, South African, Canadian, a few other significant contributors, a generic UN one, South Korean, North Korean, Chinese, Soviet, and maybe seperate US and Royal Marines and US, UK, and Soviet commandos). Also, there'd need to be some '50's artillery and mech. inf. for those that had it.