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Is the general wisdom that the RCAF units that can be bought from Canada Command worth the PP spent? I can see two Kittyhawk Sdns and a Bolingbroke Sdn so far that won't be withdrawn until late 43 at the earliest. I am thinking about setting up a RCAF deployment to Burma, to bolster forces there.
Otherwise they just seem to me to be wasting away,
Do the pilots they produce contribute to the RAF or do they stay RCAF all through?
There seems enough on the West Coast in 4 AF assets to provide protection against a Japanese raid or even attempted invasion. So redeploying these where they can do more good seems a reasonable solution.
Or are there matters I have not yet realised?

Pilots are and will always be RCAF.

I generally set up the Bollys as ASW platforms. Have never deployed the Kittys overseas

I train them up and use them for NoPac command. Just in case I attack Japan from that direction....GP

There should be a FAA unit that is actually a Canadian unit. It uses British aircraft but Canadian pilots. I believe that it is a fighter unit. It comes in on an aircraft carrier.

I haven't gotten that far, but after May 1945 there should be Canadian air units redeployed to the Far East. Presumably, the pilots that you trained previously will show up in those squadrons or in the pools. I bought out two Kittyhawk squadrons for Norpac and they seem to have some very good pilots and leaders.

after a few months of "forced training", some of these pilots are too good to leave in the west coast

As Range Joe said; use them on the FAA units; if there are still enough left, I would purchase one or two squadrons; specially if I am running low on aircraft

Notice Canadian replace rate is low, therefore no more than one or two squadrons purchased and use them carefully

There may be a Kittyhawk unit that comes in later that does not leave. I think the same for a bomber unit. If nothing else, take the FAA unit and supersize it on an American carrier and use it for training purposes and base defense. The FAA units do not have to leave with the carriers and some carriers have three FAA units.

There should be a FAA unit that is actually a Canadian unit. It uses British aircraft but Canadian pilots. I believe that it is a fighter unit. It comes in on an aircraft carrier.

880 Sqdrn on HMS Indomitable entering in Jan 1942. When it comes in its flying Sea Hurricanes IBs and has 9 pilots. The carrier itself has a considerable lack of planes compared to its capacity. I expanded the squadron to 17 planes and the game allowed me to add pilots up to 22 but so far no extra planes have appeared even though there are 26 Sea Hurricane IBs in the pool. (Not sure why this is so),

level 7 airbase with 20K supply should fix your issue

I expand them to 20 planes, so that it is "Hermes" sized; best British "CAP" airplane available early on; very low replacement rate, so one has to be careful

I recently paid the PP price and transferred a RCAF Hurri 12b to Burma.

Handy plane. Agile and has good firepower. But the pool is shallow and you can't get too aggressive with them.

I always send them to Burma. A couple of fighter sqns in 1942 are great, with their own ( limited ) pool, and pilots. It improves the air defense in a moment RAF sqns are scarce and with poor airplanes ( Hurri I, Buffalo, Mohawks ).

Bollington sqns usually are trained in ASW and NavalSearch and deployed at NORPAC. Too many water to cover.

ORIGINAL: traskott

I always send them to Burma. A couple of fighter sqns in 1942 are great, with their own ( limited ) pool, and pilots. It improves the air defense in a moment RAF sqns are scarce and with poor airplanes ( Hurri I, Buffalo, Mohawks ).

Bollington sqns usually are trained in ASW and NavalSearch and deployed at NORPAC. Too many water to cover.

Should that be Bollingbroke?

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: traskott

I always send them to Burma. A couple of fighter sqns in 1942 are great, with their own ( limited ) pool, and pilots. It improves the air defense in a moment RAF sqns are scarce and with poor airplanes ( Hurri I, Buffalo, Mohawks ).

Bollington sqns usually are trained in ASW and NavalSearch and deployed at NORPAC. Too many water to cover.

Should that be Bollingbroke?

I think so. The Canadian version of the Blenheim.

That's it. Sorry [:o]

Not a problem for me, I knew what you meant.

But then again, I am not a Canadian . . .