Hard to use gun sight, but used to great effect in the Winter War.


Basically just another M.S 406 or 410

HARD to fly and undergunned. Don't use unless you want to make you're brain feel like the French high command in 1940.

It's a flying boat scout. No good reason to use this.


Jet bomber. Better use this thing as a dive bomber.


Very good, latter variants can best the Mustang. It's fast enough to not need to dive on earlier fighter. It should dive on latter enemies. Read up on Eric Hartman's strategy, the greatest ace of WW2.


Use this to deal with the pesky P-38s. Its two Bf-109s.


Night fighter. Sneak up on enemies and you can blow basically anything out of the sky with one fell swoop.


Basically a German Pe-2


Fastest prop. Can shoot down almost any other prop, even though it's supposedly a bomber.


Civilian aircraft with a gun in the back of it. No good use for it.


I use this as a light bomber. It looks cool too.


It's pretty good, but more of a hurdle compared to it's counterpart, the Bf 109. It is better, but later variants of the Bf-109 (especially the K series) will give it a run for its money. Most notable for it's maneuverability.


Best German bomber, as it is the sole 4 engined German bomber. It is a little tricky to use because you can't get a cockpit without mods.


Really, Really hard to hit. Jet fighter and it's fast.


Medium bomber that is probably the best in the game. It carries like a heavy and is hard to hit let alone bring down (for a bomber at least).


Two He 111s put together. REALLY HARD TO SHOOT DOWN.


Best jet for beginners. Easy to aim, but it is a little hard to get off the ground. It doesn't carry machine guns, which may be an issue against some fighters.


Tactical bomber that can dive bomb. It's really stupid.


Uhm very original, but how do you land this thing? Good armament.


Another biplane fighter.


Looks like a box. Just use the Stuka. Unless you are using the one with the giant gun in which case, don't try to sink a battleship like I did. It doesn't end well.


Like an Axis C-47.

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STUKA. Anyways best dive bomber.


Beeg guns


Less cool stuka


Fastest plane in the game. Could probably break light speed.


I can't believe its not Ju 88!


VERY good armament. Fast, but don't change engine power too drastically.


Largest plane in the game. Also the only one with a whopping 6 engines.


Best German prop fighter. Its just a better Fw 190.


A very good jet fighter. Also makes a good ground attack because it has a lot of rockets.

Bad version of the Zero


If you use Japanese fighter aircraft, use this. It's maneuverable enough to deal with most American aircraft, and quite good. Latter variants have even better armament. Could probably shoot down a P-51 is used by a skilled pilot. Eg not me.


Good for sinking enemy ships. Aight overall.


Please, don't use scout planes.


First one is a bomber, and a pretty good one. Second (the 1945 one) is like a radar aircraft or something.


Really big flying boat. Can have a lot of torpedoes, so its a good idea to use this if you can get it in the air. In all reality this thing is more of a flying battleship than a boat.


Use to intercept bombers.


German biplane


Early Japanese bomber. Be warned this thing gets shredded by basically anything.


Can turn pretty well, but it only has 2 machine guns.


Lesser Ki-84


I think its a dive bomber or ground attack.


Night fighter. One has an upwards shooting gun for some reason.


Rip off P-51


Really good fighters. They can match most of anything (at least prop fighters). Actually hasn't got any downsides like bad arming.


C-47. End of story.


A bomb.


Pretty good. Its a mediocre fighter that is better than the interwar but less good than the Ki-84

Seaplane bomber.


All around good bomber. Like an Italian He 111.


Biplane fighter. Reason why the Regia Aeronautica is a complete joke. It has only like 3 machine guns and can be beat by LITERATELY EVERYTHING ELSE. If used by a good pilot you MAY be able to use it's maneuverability to you're advantage, and maybe down a few Russians.


Quite a good dogfighter. Only has machine guns though, so be warned. Also is a little slow so only dogfight against slower planes.


One of the best fighters in this game. Little hard to aim because of no cockpit view.


Basically a G.50.


Best Italian fighters. Good armament and maneuverable. Gun sight is bad though.


Can have a Swedish paint job and that's the only thing of note.


I think its the same thing as the one above, but slightly better.


Just use a German one. It can be used as a torpedo plane which is nice.

If you are going to use this plane in multiplay, be warned. It is an EXTREMELY difficult aircraft to master. It is very slow and under gunned. But, it is very good at diving, and it's slow speed is good to use against aircraft that are usually too slow to be shot down by anything else.

Easy to use fighter, little hard to manuver.

The thing is good for attacking the ground. It has torpedoes, and rockets. It is good for many uses, and can be used for basically everything. It can be a night-fighter, a Rocket attack plane, or even a torpedo bomber. It is quite good.


It has a impressive bomb load, and can be used to great affect. It is just like the Beaufighter, but slightly worse.


I can't believe its not Beaufort!


It's a fighter bomber but with an amount of machine guns that makes an American wince


It has enough machine guns to make up for the lack of cannons. It is basically the British middle child.


IM THE FASTEST BOMBER THIS SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI! Also makes a good night fighter.


Somehow this thing is actually better than the Spitfire.


Quite good, but a little hard to fly. Good armament. But as with all older British fighters, don't fly this thing upside down.


Good, for some reason.


Best prop fighter in the game. Period.


An ok tactical bomber.

Very maneuverable, yet under-armed.

All I can say about this plane is IT SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A GROUND ATTACK. Use it as a light bomber instead it just makes sense.


Overall a very good aircraft. Earlier variants have a less good defense armament (mainly being the D variant), but they make up for this with their good bomb armament. They are quite good fliers for their size, and they are pretty fast too.


Basically a B-17 with better guns in the earlier variants. It also has a better payload. It is a larger target.


It has many similarities with the A-20, but it is a bomber. The aircraft has better bombs, but less of gun armament. It cannot have torpedoes though. It is quite maneuverable too. It could be used as a dive bomber, just like the A-20.


Really good B-17, with larger bombs. The only downside from the B-17 is it is larger.


Why you would use this, I don't know. It hasn't got any armament, and is basically just target practice.


See: Buffalo


It has a good armament, and is a capable fighter bomber.


Under gunned version of the F4F


I kid you not, this is THE BEST fighter bomber in the game. It can carry an outstanding payload, not to mention a large variety of rockets. These payloads can be near 1900 lb bombs. It is a tad difficult to fly, and some only have machine guns. Other than those two issues, it is an outstanding fighter, when used properly.


F4U but easier to fly.


Can shoot far, and is fast. Good bomber escort.


This is just the P-39


Good at shooting, good at fighting, fast, and it is much better than the P-40. It was very good for the time.


Mediocre fighter. 5/10 basically.


BEEG BOI FIGHTER. Also makes a pretty decent dive bomber.


Best American prop fighter. Fast, maneuverable and very well armed. Easily one of the best Allied prop fighter, only being surpassed by the Tempest.


P-39 mixed with the P-51. It's fast, but a little under-armed.


Good target practice, it doesn't have any tail turret.


Just use the F4U Corsair.


American torpedo bomber. I have no idea what to say about this.


Dive bomber. There is MUCH better aircraft.


Fast, but under armed. Btw this is infact a jet.

They both are VERY fast rocket interceptors. They are maneuverable and fast, but they have a underwhelming armament. They only have 2 machine guns. The 6 is slightly faster.


Worse version of the Pe-2. It maneuvers like a brick, but can be used as a dive or medium bomber.


I would recommend this fighter aircraft for training. It also makes a good ground attack, but it's a little hard to fly. The rockets that it can have are nice.


Up gunned I-15. You could actually use this thing as a fighter after the year 1918.


It is small and hard to hit, but latter versions are very well armed.


Basically another one of those Soviet fighters that all look the same. Its LITERALLY THE SAME.


Really weird looking thing. Amazing armament though.


The best ground attack in the game. It is also a good interceptor for slower bomber aircraft because of how good the cannon is, giving it enough firepower to bring down an Me 323.


Medium bomber that is very similar to the DB-2.


Best of the Soviet fighters, it has a good armament but its made of wood.


Its good, but the best version is with those triple cannons, which is one of the best Soviet prop fighters.


C-47 with a gun.


Heavily armed flying boat.


Another mediocre fighter with a good gun.


Best fighter Soviets have. Twin jet.


Good dive bomber to start with, seeing as there is tutorials for it.


Ground attack Pe-2


Best heavy bomber for USSR. Basically a B-17 but with Communism. Better bomb load though.


P-5 is good to train with, R-5 is really bad, and S.S.S is the same thing as the R-5.


Like a worse version of the IL-2. Still has a nice armament though.


Yet another useless Soviet medium bomber.


Pretty terrible dive bomber.


Easiest bomber to take off in. Easy to shoot down though.


Literally just the Pe-8.


I'm pretty sure that this is just a ground attack version of the Pe-2.


Night bomber. Or a trainer. If you want to know how to use this thing, look up the Night Witches and their tactics. They are a lot better than me at this.


Probably the best Soviet Prop fighters. Like the Soviet Bf-109.


Just use the MiG-9.

The best thing about this fighter plane is it is small. It is a little hard to fly. Treat it like the poor man's FW 190. It is the same size, but its slow and doesn't have a supercharger.


It has a mediocre armament, but it cannot go into death spirals, which is good. It is overall a very average fighter. It also has a ad-on for extra armament.


So many machine guns, you know its American.


Use it like you would any biplane, with the great maneuverability coming to it's advantage.

This aircraft can be used as a ground attack aircraft and a fighter thanks to it's optional cannons. Otherwise, it is just a normal DXXI

Hard to take off in, has quite a limited cannon, but overall a very good fighter aicraft.

Underwhelming armament, but it's a biplane and it's a slow one. I personally like this because it is a great trainer and it can shoot down early aircraft.


Biplane bomber. Can use a Bulgarian paint job which looks cool. Also it compliments the other Czechoslovak plane well.

Early planes can't fly upside down. Don't do it.

Also if you think something is inaccurate, go make your own guide don't bother me.

I might make one for BAT mod later when I get it (yay i get to write a guide for like 10000 planes).

Update 2023: How does this have over 1000 views and 3 stars? I got bored one day and made this why do people think I'm smart?