I was making my own Washington B.1 suggestion which I have been working on in the background for months but damn you beat me too it xD.
Absolute +1 FARRRR Over Due!!!
The Washington B Mk.1 was put forward by moderators and devs in 2013/14 long before the Tu-4 was suggested to be added. However somehow both Russia and China have been given Tu-4’s before Britain has gained it’s own Washington B Mk.1.
The Washington was a major linear stepping stone between the Avro Lincoln and Canberra/V-Bombers. Having it missing in the tech tree just like all the other Bombers for Britain that came before the Jaguar, Tornado and such is confusing to say the least.
We had around 60-90 Washington B Mk.1’s in our RAF from 1949 until 51/53. However some were kept until the 1960’s as they where used as equipment test beds for the RAF.
This would majorly be a step in the right direction for Britain to get a Bomber on the same playingfield as the other major nations, and is a closer step to further jet bombers that have been passed to the developers.
The Shackleton though a great aircraft has not got the payload capacity to go toe-to-toe as it where with other nations as it is lacking 5,000lbs of payload in comparison. Especially in defensive armament. So this would be a nice continuation/filling out of the bomber line gaps.
And I do have to say if the Washington B Mk.1 doesn’t become a tech tree vehicle I will be very disappointed in not having the clear chronological lineage of bombers in the RAF present ingame for us to enjoy.
ATC = Air Training Corpse is the Air Cadets in the UK.
It is the Civilian Training Arm of the RAF below the ages of 18. At 18 you can decide to just leave or continue by applying to Join the RAF.
They operate the same way the Sea Cadets (Royal Navy) and Army Cadets (Royal Army) do. (Just some differences between the services provided to under 18’s).
+1, despite how forlorn bombers are, and how copy-pasted the B-29/Tu-4 family already is, I agree its fully important to give a better picture of the history of the UK’s bomber arm.
I’ve made these corrections, and thank you very much for the additional sources and context around the aircraft, it is genuinely appreciated. It is a big shame that this plane isn’t yet in the game.
And sorry to hear that you were planning on submitting a suggestion yourself! I was shocked to see that one hadn’t been made already so I put this one together recently.
