ADCs Available

The following ADC sets are available. Some are available directly online as PDF files that can be read with Adobe's Acrobat Reader. Acrobat Reader is available for free from several places. You can also request that I send them to you. Note: My ADCs are marked with my initials and the date they were last edited. They are NOT official, but were developed with a fair amount of analysis of aircraft and ADCs.

Polish checkerboard Polish Lotnictwo Wojskowe

You usually don't hear much about the Polish Air Force during World War II, except that they were obsolete and were knocked out of the skies by the Luftwaffe. All of which is true. But, did you know that the Poles:

Unfortunately, what was a good air force in 1936 was obsolete by 1939. The technology changed that quickly. The Polish Air Force's parasol-wing PZL P-11 fighters were no match for hordes of Bf 109s and 110s. Yet, they took to the air - all 120 of them plus thirty-some older P-7s - to face more than 1000 modern Luftwaffe fighters (not to mention bombers and recon aircraft that could mostly outrun them!). And they did surprisingly well, considering...

By the way, for more information, see Robert Postowcz's excellent Polish Aviation History Pages (the September '39 campaign and more). Elevon also has a lengthy article about the PZL P-7/11/24 family. See also the minor nation air forces page entry for Poland.

The Polish aircraft are all in one PDF file (179 Kb), including:

Other Minor European Nation Aircraft

Assorted European European Fighters

Poland was not the only eastern european aircraft manufacturer. Up to its engulfment by Germany, Czechoslovakia had a robust aircraft industry. Yugoslavia tried its hand at indigenous fighter design, and the results were not bad. Rumania took stock of what it learned producing licensed versions of Polish aircraft and advanced after Poland was conquered. I provide the following seven fighter ADCs in one PDF file (918Kb):

Finn SwastikaFinn Flown Fighters

Finland flew an interesting assortment of aircraft, including a few not covered elsewhere. This PDF file (88 Kb) contains:

LVA neutality marking Holland's Luchtvaartafadeling

Holland's LVA is another air force that was small, but well-equipped in 1938 - and a bit obsolete in 1940 when the Germans attacked. They also seem to have had some issues with maintenance. They expected their declared neutrality would keep them out of the war and out of need for a larger, more modern air force. The LVA fought hard for about five days before organized resistance ceased. Click for more information about the LVA in 1940.

The (european) Dutch aircraft included this PDF file (106 Kb):

After May, 1940, the Dutch East Indies continued to function with the Allies. It had a separate air force that included a variety of aircraft that went into action in December 1941. They were mostly wiped out by the end of February, 1942. This was not completely due to the quality of the aircraft or pilots - their landing fields were taken!
Dutch roundel The Netherlands East Indies Air Force used:

Belgian roundelBelgian Aircraft

This set of ADCs has the Belgian aircraft available in May 1940 (167 kb) not accounted for elsewhere (Fiat Cr.42, Fairey Battle):

Aussie roundel Australian Aircraft

For the most part, Australian air units (RAAF) flew in British or American aircraft. The British supplied most aircraft until the beginning of 1942, when American supplies began to arrive. The British did send Brewster F2A-2 Buffaloes to Australia (and New Zealand) in 1941. However, early in the Pacific war, as the Japanese ran through the southwest Pacific toward New Guinea and Australia, aircraft were thin on the ground; Australia developed aircraft using what was available. Later, as Australia developed a small aircraft industry, Australia did try its domestic hand at aircraft design. There is some information about the RAAF on the minor air force page.

This PDF file (76 Kb) contains the following ADCs:

Swedish crowns Swedish Aircraft

Once WW2 began in Europe, and several aircraft deals died by non-delivery, Sweden decided it needed a domestic aircraft industry to supply its air arm to maintain its stance of armed neutrality in the face of mid-twentieth century combat. So, it began to develop one in time to replace its last batches of imported aircraft. This set of 6 ADCs are the first fruit of that industry:

Jets of World War II Vintage (pre-Air Superiority)

Allied Jets This PDF file (93 Kb) includes jets that were almost used during WWII by the both the Allies:
  • Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star- the USAAC's first operational jet fighter 
  • Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star- the more powerful final production version that fought in Korea
  • Ryan FR-1 Firebal1 - combined jet and prop carrier-based US naval fighter 
  • Meteor I - Gloster's 1st mark of the Meteor
  • Vampire I - de Havilland's 1st mark of the Vampire
Other Early US Jets This PDF file (96 Kb) contains other US straight-wing fighters (pre-TSOH) that you may fly if you dare:
  • Bell P-59A Airacomet: Never intended to be flown in combat, this was the US's first jet. Fly it at your own risk.
  • North American FJ-1 Fury: One of two early naval jet developed with an eye toward use against Japan in mid-1946. It was not needed, and was shortly replaced by more capable aircraft. North American built a more robust, slant-wing version called the Sabre.
  • MacDonnell FH-1 Phantom: Ever wonder why the F4 was called the Phantom II? This was the first pure jet to fly from a carrier.
German Jets This PDF file (108Kb) includes Luftwaffe jets not (yet) covered by JD Webster that flew (or almost flew) for Germany: 
  • Arado Ar234B - the world's first operational jet bomber most notably used to attack the Ludendorf Bridge at Remagen in March, 1945.
  • Arado Ar234C-3 - version of the Ar234 with 4 weaker BMW engines (for more overall power) and other improvements.
  • Horten Ho229 - a flying wing jet fighter that was a couple weeks from pre-production when its factory was overrun by Americans in April, 1945. 
  • Heinkel He280 - a rival for production to the Me262, the He280 was about a year ahead in development, was more maneuverable, but was held up waiting for an engine... 
German Dream Machines These aircraft were being developed as the Reich was falling, meaning that prototypes were being constructed (or had been flown) but there were still a few bugs to be worked out. This set of 3 ADCs (153 kb) are presented here as What If aircraft. 

(For instance, what if the Me262 had effectively delayed the 8th Air Force/Bomber Command Offensive and supplied good support on the Eastern and Western fronts sufficient to give the Reich another 6 months of life...)

  • Henschel Hs132 jet dive bomber - a jet version of the Stuka concept that would depend on speed for its defense. The pilot would lie prone to decrease the aircraft's cross section (target area) and to better withstand G forces. 
  • Focke Wulf Ta183 fighter - an advanced jet fighter that was preparing for flight test when its factory was over-fun by the Russians in April 1945. The prototype and its design documents was the basis of the MiG 15.
  • Messerschmitt P.1101 jet fighter - The P.1101 was a designed to research the effects of different wing angles. It's wing could be swung to different angles on the ground before take off. However, since it was also a working high-speed jet, planes were under way to mass-produce it as a jet fighter in multiple configurations. One prototype was taken to the US and was later rebuilt as the Bell X-5 and used for its original purpose.  
Early Soviet Jets This PDF file (92 Kb) contains early Soviet straight-wing jet fighters (pre-TSOH) to match the early US jets. Use them for a 1948 East vs. West campaign:
  • Mikoyan-Guerivich MiG-9: (I-301) The Soviet Union's first large-production jet fighter, an equivalent to the F-80. It was replaced by a slant-wing version in time for Korea called the MiG-15.
  • Mikoyan-Guerivich MiG-13: (I-250) a prop fighter with a jet booster. Originally devloped for a Nov-1945 military parade, the actual production versionwent to the Soviet Navy.
  • Yakovlev Yak-15: a mixing of reverse engineered German jet engines and body of the Yak-3.

Aircraft by JD Webster

JD Webster has produceed the following (official,sincec they arefrom JD) aircraft for FW 2.0 (Whistling Death) that he has made available to all players through the web:

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