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[mojojojo]

yay that looks great!

[CWMV]

Damn, that looks good!
Too bad it was such an insignificant aircraft. Sure had nice lines.

[SAS~Poltava]

 

[Uzin]

Damn, that looks good!
Too bad it was such an insignificant aircraft. Sure had nice lines.

Wikipedia:
IK-3 built 12
D-520 built about 900

[HundertzehnGustav]

Damn, that looks good!
Too bad it was such an insignificant aircraft. Sure had nice lines.

not only...
but the italians and the bulgarians loved her too...

[SYN_Per]

Lovely to see mate!

[warhawk]

Insignificant? I'd rather see this in game than another 109 or P-51 version...

[crazyflak]

Oh, com'on that post is quite old.

I think he refers to historical role rather than numbers, like in "shame it did not see a longer campaign"

Not the better way to phrase it, but still true.

I'd rather see this in game than another 109 or P-51 version...

I hate comparisons. What you say is obvious since we have all of them already (pending the cannon armed A36)  

Notice that all those saw action several years in all theaters but one (PTO for bf109 and Eastern front for P51), how many theaters and years did the devoitine participated in? mmmm...

So yes, large numbers but most of those ended passively in Vichy's republic hands.

This said, I love it, and it is important because it is a must for BoF and because it is, as most french planes of the period, a forgotten plane.

[jantot]

Sure that D520 had smaller role than Bf-109 or P-51 during WW2 !
But it also saw action in all theaters except PTO, juste like Bf-109 !

After Battle of France, French Vichy AF used it in Syria and Lebanon against Hurricanes and other RAF planes;
French Vichy used it over North Africa against P-38 and other US planes in 1942;
Bulgarian used it against B-24 over Ploesti (can be considered Eastern Front !), and Italians used it against US bombers in MTO.

Just to say that, in my opinion, this plane largely merits to fly in Il2, just like a number of italian or rumanian planes present in Il-2 and which did not have a great role in WW2 either !
(but are nethertheless very nice to fly too !)
jantot

[Whiskey_Sierra_972]

Every planes that flew before tomorrow are needed planes.....

[LV 426]

+1!

[UF_Zargos]

In June 1940, French armies were taken in the storm of the blitzkrieg.
For the French Air Force it meant continuous moves backwards as their airfields were captured one after each other.
In these chaotic conditions, it was impossible to launch efficient attacks to stop the Luftwaffe.
Although the D520 which was at least equal to the Bf109E, caused significant looses to the Luftwaffe, they were too few to change the course of the war.
Only in this way the D520 could be considered as 'insignificant'.
Well, we could say the same thing about the Me262 actually ... It was the best fighter of its time, but there were not enough pilots, not enough petrol and not enough airfields. The Me262 couldn't do anything to prevent the fall of the 3rd Reich, even to delay it.
I think the Me262 had even a lesser kill/plane ratio than the D520.
But is that all make the Me262 a "insignificant" plane ?
I don't think so.
Neither the D520 ...
My opinion is that any plane which flew during the WWII deserves to be included in IL2 regardless the part it played in the conflict.
Don't forget that in the cockpit of the most "insignificant" plane there was it pilot who had risked his live and often died ... just for that it deserves to fly in our virtual skies.