Hi Everyone, I'm still new at Wings of Glory so this might be a silly question. How do I find out which aircraft are capable of dropping bombs? Apart from the obvious heavy bombers of course!
Hi Everyone, I'm still new at Wings of Glory so this might be a silly question. How do I find out which aircraft are capable of dropping bombs? Apart from the obvious heavy bombers of course!
Research is the short answer Mick - there's no official listing but most two seaters were capable, though likely not all did depending on their squadron role.
Some single seaters were rigged for close support, the Camel in particular was used in that role.
Here is a list that I roughed out a while back for an unofficial bomb load / points that might give you a start point.
Machine ------------- Payload Kg / lb --------------------- Damage: full load / half load
Breguet BR.14 B2 - 256 / 564 ------------------------------------------ 28pts / 14pts
Bristol F.2 Fighter - 108 / 238 ------------------------------------------ 12pts / 6pts
Caproni Ca.3 - 800 / 1764 ----------------------------------------------- 88pts / 44pts
Caproni Ca.4 - 1438 / 3170 ----------------------------------------------- 158pts / 78pts
Curtiss H.16 - 105 / 231.5 ------------------------------------------------- 12pts / 6pts
De Havilland/AIRCO D.H.4 - 209 / 460 ------------------------------- 23pts / 11pts
De Havilland DH.9 - 209 / 460 -------------------------------------------- 23pts / 11pts
Felixstowe F.2A - 209 / 460 ------------------------------------------------ 23pts / 11pts
Handley Page O/400 - 1655 / 3649 ----------------------------------- 182pts / 91pts
R.E.8 - 112 / 247 ----------------------------------------------------------- 12pts / 6pts
S.E.5a - 45 / 99 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5pts / 2pts
Saml S.2 - 40 / 88 ------------------------------------------------------------ 5pts /2pts
Camel - 36 / 80 -------------------------------------------------------------- 5pts / 2pts
Snipe - 36 / 80 --------------------------------------------------------------- 5pts / 2pts
Sopwith 1½ Strutter Two Seat - 60 / 130 --------------------------- 6pts / 3pts
Sopwith 1½ Strutter Single Seat - 120 /260 ----------------------- 13pts / 6pts
Albatros C.III - 90 / 200 ------------------------------------------------- 10pts / 5pts
Rumpler C.IV - 100 / 220 ------------------------------------------------- 11pts / 5pts
LFG Roland C.II - 50 / 110 ----------------------------------------------- 6pts / 3pts
Halberstadt Cl.II - 50 / 110 ---------------------------------------------- 6pts / 3pts
Phönix C.I - 50 / 110 -------------------------------------------------------- 6pts / 3pts
Pomilio PC - 150 / 330 ------------------------------------------------------ 16pts / 8 pts
Ufag C.I - 150 / 330 -------------------------------------------------------- 16pts / 8 pts
Friedrichshafen G.III - 1000 / 2205 --------------------------------------- 110pts / 55pts
Gotha G.V - 500 / 1102 ---------------------------------------------------- 55pts / 27pts
Zeppelin Staaken R.VI - 2000 / 4410 ---------------------------------- 220pts / 110pts - maybe option to split load down further ?
Near misses count as half total drawn.
Above drawn from info by dividing the poundage of bombs carried by 20 - with a base full load minimum of 5 as that destroys a trench.
https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...-bomb-loadouts
"He is wise who watches"
Thanks Dave for the very comprehensive reply. Do you also have a chart with WW2 aircraft?
The sad thing is, despite written evidence (admittedly confusing if you aren't careful of sources in the case of Bf.109s), or lack of photographic evidence (in the case of Hurricane Mk Is), Ares puts bombs on some planes that never carried them.
Lists could be problematic, IMHO.
What are you looking for?
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Doh ! Senior moment Mick, didn't realise I was in the WW2 board - research will be the key then, you should find the answers fairly quickly online.
I know Me109 & Fw190's carried bombs as they dropped them on my parent's home town (Eastbourne) after the BoB but check the dates & models used. They also made strafing attacks on the populace.
"He is wise who watches"
Nearly all WW2 aircraft could carry a bomb or 3. Of the official models, the only one that may not have was the Spitfire, and possibly the Zero. It often depended on the model and time frame.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Karl,
Do you have any evidence of Hawker Hurricane Mk Is ever carrying, or even being capable of carrying, bombs? I can't recall ever hearing or reading of any ground attack missions flown by Hurricanes in 1940. Mk IIs are a different story, and Mk IIBs were used in the Ground Attack role extensively.
The Bf-109s were used as Fighter-Bombers in the Battle of Britain, just not E-3s. There are publications that refute this, but not according to official Messerschmitt documents. There are some who suggest there were field mods for E-3s, but any of the images I could find were not definitive, and in one case I found the same image labeled as both an E-3 and an E-4 (in two different publications). From the camera angle, it was impossible to determine which version of E model the bomb was hanging. Being that any official documents I could find stated that field kits for bomb racks were only fitted to E-4s, and the publication I found the image marked as an E-3 was a modeller reference, I am going with the "official" documentation.
Which puts the Ares models (Bf.109 E-3 and Hawker Hurricane Mk I) as marketing ploys, and not historically accurate.
However, if you look at other inaccuracies in the game, that I really care about this little point seems a little pointless.
As to the OP's question, though, I don't have a definitive list of planes that could carry bombs for Wings of Glory. I have a lot of planes for the Battle of Britain, and I fly the bomb-equipped Bf-109 planes I do have on E-4 stands, using E-4 cards.
PS: I got the E-3s in the Battle of Britain Starter Set, because I wanted the latest rules and the scenarios. I won't buy any Ares Hurricanes for the above reason, among other issues.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Interesting shot. Spitfire Mk V in the desert, 1942?
PS: No. 152 Squadron RAF Mk VB, Tunisia, 1943.
PPS: ww2today.com - 5 January 1944 Malfunction leads to the tragic loss of Spitfire pilot
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Thanks for all the replies, my reason for asking is that I bought a Yokosuka D4Y3 and as well as a maneuver deck it included some extra cards for bombing. Does this mean that only planes that come with bomb cards can drop bombs?
Someone that uses Pacific Theatre aircraft would have to confirm, but certain planes (like the Ju.87 Stuka) are Dive Bombers, and come with specific dive bombing maneuver cards (I maneuver deck). This includes extra dive cards for those that play using altitude rules.
In this case, the Stuka can do 'precision' bombing, for which it was noted. Almost any plane can try to bomb, but shouldn't be able to 'out-dive' a dive bomber.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
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