B-18 Bolo Aircraft, ant-submarine

Patchman123 · 08-16-09, 11:28 AM

lHey we forgot something,
how about adding the Douglas B-18 patrol aircraft to the game? B-18s played a significant part in the U-boat hunting campaign in World War II and we seem to forgotten them in both Silent Hunter III and Silent Hunter IV, respectively. How about adding them in the game?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-18_Bolo
It says here that a B-18 sank a U-boat off the coast of French Guyana in 1942. The B-18 did a play a role in the Battle of Atlantic and it's about time someone acknowledged that.

Torplexed · 08-16-09, 12:14 PM

B-18Bs are credited with two U-boat kills--U-654 on August 22, 1942 and U-512 on October 2, 1942. However, their antisubmarine role was relatively short lived, and the Bolos were replaced in this role in 1943 by the B-24 Liberator which had a substantially longer range and a much heavier payload.

In the Pacific, those Bolos stationed in bombardment squadrons in Hawaii and the Philippines were decimated in the initial Japanese attacks and most remaining Bolos were withdrawn to the States and used in training and transport. I suppose you could request the plane in the mods section. See if anyone bites.

08-16-09, 11:28 AM	#1
Patchman123 Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cochranton, Pennsylvania Posts: 139 Downloads: 226 Uploads: 2	B-18 Bolo Aircraft, ant-submarine lHey we forgot something, how about adding the Douglas B-18 patrol aircraft to the game? B-18s played a significant part in the U-boat hunting campaign in World War II and we seem to forgotten them in both Silent Hunter III and Silent Hunter IV, respectively. How about adding them in the game? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-18_Bolo It says here that a B-18 sank a U-boat off the coast of French Guyana in 1942. The B-18 did a play a role in the Battle of Atlantic and it's about time someone acknowledged that. Last edited by Patchman123; 08-24-09 at 08:07 PM.

08-16-09, 12:14 PM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	B-18Bs are credited with two U-boat kills--U-654 on August 22, 1942 and U-512 on October 2, 1942. However, their antisubmarine role was relatively short lived, and the Bolos were replaced in this role in 1943 by the B-24 Liberator which had a substantially longer range and a much heavier payload. In the Pacific, those Bolos stationed in bombardment squadrons in Hawaii and the Philippines were decimated in the initial Japanese attacks and most remaining Bolos were withdrawn to the States and used in training and transport. I suppose you could request the plane in the mods section. See if anyone bites.