Trainer: AT-6 Texan
Transport: C-47
High Altitude Fighter: P-51 Mustang
Fighter/Naval Fighter: F4F-Wildcat
Heavy Bomber: B-17F/G
Medium Bomber/Attack: B-25 Mitchell
Night Fighter: P-61 Black Widow
Recon: Spitfire Mk.IV
Attack/Fighter: P-47N

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Trainer ~ Focke-Wulf FW 190
Transport ~ Skytrain all the way!
High Altitude ~ P-47 Thunderbolt
Fighter ~ P-51 Mustang
Heavy Bomber ~ B-17
Medium Bomber ~ B-25 Mitchell
Night Fighter ~ F4U Corsair
Reconnaissance ~ Spitfire
Attack Fighter ~ Hawker Hurricane

Jem

Trainer: T-6
Transport: C-54
High Altitude Fighter: P-51D (Range, has to get to where the enemy is)
Naval Fighter: F6F (Sorry, range and maneuverability)
Heavy Bomber: B-29
Medium Bomber/Attack: Mosquito
Night Fighter: P-61 (Four 20's and four 50's. Huge punch, tighter turn than a Mossie.)
Recon: Naval - PBY. Land F-5F (P-38L Variant)
Dive Bomber: SBD (could take more punishment)
Attack Fighter: P-47N (Could carry a heavier load than the Tempest)

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"I love deadlines. I love the 'Whooshing' noise they make when they go by." - Doug Adams

Trainer: AT-6
Trans: C-46
High Alt Fighter: TA-152
Fighter /Naval Fighter: F4U-4 (If the Corsair would have been approved for carrier use earlier, it probably would have a higher "kill" ratio than the F6F)
Heavy Bomber: B-29
Medium bomber/Attack: B-26
Night Fighter: P-61
Recon: Mossy
Dive Bomber: Dauntless
Attack fighter: F4U-4 (It carries more ordanace than even the P-47).

Trainer: T-6 Texan
Fighter: F6F Hellcat
High Altitude: P-51D Mustang/P-38 Lightning
Dive Bomber: Douglas SBD Dauntless
Torpedo Bomber: TBF Avenger
Heavy Bomber: B-17
Attack/Fighter: F4U Corsair
Recon: P-38 Lightning

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Trainer/ Reconnaissance /Special Ops:
Westland Lysander

General Transport/Glider Tow:
Douglas C-47

Standard Fighter/Interceptor/Fighter-bomber:
Dornier Do-335

Strategic Heavy Bomber:
Avro Lancaster series (including modified versions for special weapons)

Medium Bomber /General Reconnaissance /Night Fighter/Land Based Torpedo Bomber/Ground Attack/Heavy Fighter/Mistel/Dive Bomber:
Junkers Ju-88 various models*

Long Range Maritime Bomber/Reconnaissance/Transport:
Junkers Ju-290/390 series

Tactical Reconnaissance/Liaison/Hack:
Focke-Wulf FW-189

Ground Attack/Intruder:
Douglas A-26

Supplemental Fighter:
Focke-Wulf FW 190 series


* includes Ju-188, 388, 488 developments of basic model

I don’t intend to have aircraft carriers in my “Air Force”. That’s a naval function.

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"From each according to his inclination, to each according to his effort."

Trainer: T-6 Texan
Fighter: Vought Corsair
High Altitude: FW190D
Transport: C-47
Dive Bomber: Douglas SBD Dauntless
Anti Shipping: Bristol Beaufighter
Heavy Bomber: Lancaster
Attack/Fighter: Hawker Tempest
Medium Bomber: B25 Mitchell
Recon: PR Mosquito
Nightfighter: Mosquito
Ground Attack: HS129

I was about to say excellent choices then I saw the Do-335...why? Far better planes in the Luftwaffe than a project that hardly saw combat.

Fighter (long range escort and air superiority): P51 (Merlin engined)
Fighter (FB and interceptor): Fw 190 (BMW 801 variant, no liquid cooled engines for ground attack please, P-47 would be second choice but not flexible enough armament wise, I want 30mm guns to deal with heavy bombers.
Trainer: Tiger Moth (T-6 Texan as second choice)
Transport: SM 82, (I wanted at least one Italian plane and the SM 82 was good)
Jack of all trades, light bomber, night fighter, long range naval patrol fighter, strategic recon, pecision bomber, you name it it does it: Petlyakov Pe-2 (the Mosquito was my original choice with Ju 88 as third but I like the dive bombing capability and the Mossie never had dive brakes).
Medium bomber B-25 (really hard one this, lots of serviceable designs no outstanding ones)
Long range marittime patrol Kawanishi H8K1 (The B-24/Privateer line comes out a close second but the possibility to refuel at sea for really long range ops carries it)
Light comunications Fi 156 (just love it)
Precision bombing Ju 87 (Yes it's vunerable but when you need to put a big bomb in a small target the Stuka is the plane for it, what I reall want is the A-1 Skyraider but it was a few months late for WW2).

No heavy bombers by design as I'm not a believer in area bombing, having Lancasters just to drop tallboys is tempting but not worth a slot.
Tried to fit in a French, but the more advanced French designs didn't have enough operational use to make the list.
With just 9 choices there's no place for carrier planes, The F4U and SBD would have made the list otherwise.

side notation : the Do 335 as grand as it appeared never saw ANY operational combat. it was test flown only and then parked to be shot up or rotted away and junked.

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Rip it up !

IIRC an Allied pilot claimed to have shot down a Do 335, if true it did see combat even if it was a test flight. But maybe I'm confusing with Pierre Clostermann's reported failed attempt to catch up with a plane he identified as a Do 335. BTW does anybody know if the episode is in one of his books? I read le grand cirque many years ago but don't remember it.

Everything he said should be taken with a grain of salt. As far as I'm aware it didn't see any combat. Totally stupid plane if you ask me, total waste!

My Airforce will defeat you all..

......we have italians...and bi-planes!!!

Trainer: Harvard (U.S.A. AT-6 Texan)
Fighter: Reggiane Re.2005
Interceptor: Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate
Transport: C-47
Dive Bomber: Stuka Ju87D or G for AT
Heavy Bomber: Avro Lancaster
Attack/Fighter: FW 190
Medium Bomber: B25 Mitchell
Naval: Fairey Swordfish (just cause its a bi-plane)
Nightfighter: Mosquito
Ground Attack: IL 2 Sturmovik
Scout: Polikarpov Po-2 (night witches for the win!)

Trainer: T-6
Fighter: Ki-84 "Frank"
Interceptor: J2M Raiden "Jack"
Transport: C-47
Dive Bomber: D3A "Val"
Heavy Bomber: B-29 Superfortress
Attack/Fighter: Fw-190
Medium Bomber: Ki-67 Hiryu "Peggy"
Naval: F6F Hellcat
Nightfighter: de Havilland Mosquito
Ground Attack: P-47 Thunderbolt

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"If you want peace work for justice" -Pope Paul VI

Jon

Trainer: Miles Mohawk
Transport: C-47
High Altitude Fighter: Westland Welkin
Fighter/Naval Fighter: Grumman F6F Hellcat
Heavy Bomber: B-17
Medium Bomber/Attack: B-25 Mitchell
Night Fighter: hawker Hurricane
Recon: PBY Catalina
Attack/Fighter: Supermarine Spitfire

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A Sherman can give you a very nice... edge. -Oddball

Trainer..A-6 texan

Fighter/high altitude fighter/interceptor: P-51H assumedly could also conduct long range escort missions.

long range escort....P-47N presumedly could also double as ground attack.

trasnsport...C-47

heavy bomber: B-29

medium bomber: P-38L quite capable of carrying large bombloads plus could provide fighter, interceptor,long range fighter, high altitude fighter and ground attack functions. if one must pick a tatical bomber why not the Ju-88 it could also function as dive bomber,torpedo plane and night fighter.

Night fighter...Mosquito...

naval fighter..F6F easy to produce,very rugged,very forgiving on training new pilots,and very,very carrier capable.could also double as ground attack and has very,very good range...F4U-4 right there with it but I wanted at least one fighter that was very easy to produce along with having docile handling charcteristics. Eric Brown considered the Hellcat to be superior to the '109G and quite equal to the '190A . the USN could even had increased it's roll rate enormously along with equipping it with turbo-chargers.

maritime patrol...Privateer /B-24