Aircraft:
46 Hurricane II - cannon-armed variant entered service in 1941 only (in the British OOB Mk IIC it is from 6/41) (now 7/40). Possibly there should be ordinary Hurricane added from 7/40.
Proper photo of 20mm-gun variant is 12551.
49, 344 Hurricane Mk.I - it's worth to give it a photo with Belgian 1940 markings (I'm attaching some)
BTW: apparently an information on arming Belgian-built Hurricanes with .50 MGs concerns only plans, especially, that first (and probably only) licence-built plane was delivered in 4/40, and earlier ones were from British deliveries (see a great page
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages...frontpage.html).
We have 0.50 MG-armed plane in 5/39-6/39 only, and the later one (from 1/39) is armed correctly with ordinary 0.303. The quoted page doesn't indicate why there should be a gap between 7-11/39...
52 Fairey Battle - delivered from 3/38 (now 1/39) -
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages...frontpage.html . On this page there are also many nice photos of Belgian Battles, that could be used instead.
70 Buffalo - in fact, they should not be available at all before fall of Belgium - and Belgians didn't use them afterwards neither
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages...Frontpage.html
192 Fairey Fox VII,
198 Fairey Fox VIc - photo is actually British Hawker Hind. I'm attaching a selection of Belgian Fox photos, from a page
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages...Frontpage.html
Better icon is 2077 or 2042 (current is British).
Both units are 1-seater and differ in speed (4 or 3) and number of MGs (4 or 3). Fox VII was indeed 1-seater fighter, but according to the quoted page, only 2 were produced.
A basic light bomber variant should be 2-seater Fox IIIC (availability from 1/35 is almost correct - it was 2/35), but it had only 2 forward-firing MGs.
Next main variant was 2-seater VIC, available from late 1935, with 830 hp engine, and apparently still 2 forward-firing MGs, but there is sadly no information on speed of both variants. Probably neither should have speed 4.
There could be also added strafing variant Fox II without bombs, from 1/32.
193,197 Renard R31 - the photo is a biplane Fairey Fox, I'm attaching proper ones.
According to
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages...Frontpage.html there was only one forward firing MG, and "there was also a rarely used provision for dropping four 10 kg bombs under the wings." (now: 40 kg). Crew should be 2.
194,196 Nieuport NiD.52 (AOP and fighter-bomber) -
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages..._1919_1945.htm doesn't confirm usage of NiD.52 (which should be 1-seater besides), but only of older NiD.29 fighter, and NiD.72 for evaluation.
Seems, that standard aircraft of Belgium in 1930 apart from bombers Bre 19, were 1-seat fighters NiD.29 and Avia BH-21, both used until 1931. I suggest to replace NiD.52 as a strafing aircraft with one of these types, and then, from 1932, by Fox II (or Fairey Firefly).
As AOP it could be replaced by Bre 19.
195 Breguet Br XIX - a photo doesn't seem Bre XIX (maybe a transport variant?). A choice of better Belgian ones is here
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages...Frontpage.html
Apparently "Bre 19" tail designation was used.
There is no information when they were phased out of combat use, but "some weary examples soldiered on until the outbreak of World War II as communication aircraft.". I think it should be available until 12/38, before an advent of 045 GB Blenheim I, and also Fairey Battle should be made available as level bomber (which in fact was).
199 Fiat CR 42 - Belgian icon is 2041
That's all
Michal
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