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[Kopfdorfer]

The Lockheed Electra family of Civilian AIrcraft would be a welcome edition to the lexicon.

Super Electra 14

Lodestar 18


Indeed this family and its sibling the Lodestar both led directly to the militarily important Hudson, Ventura and Harpoon families. It would seem to make sense that once one is attacked by one of our rabid modders, the others would be more likely to be produced.

Hudson



Ventura


Harpoon



They carried just about every conceivable type of armament, in addition to being a major contributor as a transport aircraft, as well as air/sea rescue.

A real workhorse!

Kopfdorfer

[razor1uk]

Mmmm, it would be nice to have something like this family, because it could include an approximation of the Kawasaki Ki-56 (Type 1 Freight Transport).

[RealDarko]

This one is pretty close. It will need offensive loadouts, and a tail dragger landing gear.

[Kopfdorfer]

More Hudson Temptings...

Many Hudsons (2,584) saw service with several (11) nations


Hudsons provided many Allied "firsts"


Served in many significant theatres and battles...
Dunkirk
With Coastal Command
On the Atlantic
In the Pacific


plans



Cockpit


Note drop down ring sight


Nose

Nav/radio Station

Dorsal Turret


Flaps Down


Hope somebody else loves her as much as I do.

With Anti-shipping 25lb Armour Piercing Rocket armament (now a viable mod armament)


In my opinion, the most representative variant would be the MkIII (with British armament)
MkIII

and the MkIIIA (with US armament).
MkIIIA

Which would lead us back to the beginning...
Lockheed Electra






kopfdorfer

[Kopfdorfer]

Plus the other member of the Electra Warbird family :

Ki56 Thalia Light Transport



Though her dimensions are a trifle different , she definitely belongs in the stable.

Kopfdorfer

[RedSpade]

I'd download and fly her in a heartbeat!  Good idea.

[David Prosser]

Hi, ltctracy. I'd d/l it, and include it in a campaign. The RNZAF had them I think.

cheers

David Prosser

[Thunda]

I rarely post in Requests, as the few people who mod aircraft have their hands full with other projects, and a list of future projects as long as your arm- However, in this case, this is one of those aircraft which should have always have been in IL2 from the start- flown by multiple airforces in virtually all WWII theatres.

Thanks to Ranwers and some others, the list of glaringly obvious omissions- aircraft that played large parts in WWII- is getting much smaller ( the B26, Do17 etc), but the Hudson/Harpoon/Ventura family, along with proper versions of the RAF 4 engined heavys (which I dont expect to see anytime soon), the Helldiver, Hs126, the Baltimore and a few others are part of the list of 'should definitely be in IL2' just because of the important roles they played in WWII. Hope one day someone takes them on.

[Uzin]

[asso58]

Hello Kopfdorfer,

I completely agree and I'd like to see this family of faithful work horses flying in the IL2 skies!

Thanks for this request,

asso58

[RealDarko]

Anyone know If the Soviet Air Force used them?

[SAS~Bombsaway]

Untill someone makes one here is what I did. I took the Navy skin from this plane...

https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,13782.0.html

Skins here...

https://www.mediafire.com/?gnlbx766l81t6hw

I then took the B-25-D 5NC and put the skin into its skin folder. I edited the skin to have the black hole for the top turret and got this....






No rockets but it has bombs. It could be used as a poor stand in .Anyway its just a suggestion.