Aircraft Tiers

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Read comments on the fighters strengths and weaknesses to each other.

• Items in bold are new in the listed tier.
• Items in italics have had their rank requirement reduced from the previous tier

Contents 1 Fighter Tier 0 2 Fighter Tier 1 3 Fighter Tier 2 4 Fighter Tier 3 5 Fighter Bombers and Bombers

Fighter Tier 0

Aircraft: Tier 0

British	Rank	French	Rank	German	Rank
Hawker Hurricane Mk I	1	Curtiss H-75	1	Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1	1
Bristol Blenheim Mk IF	2	Dewoitine D.520	3	Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4	2
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia	3			Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4	3

Fighter Tier 1

Aircraft: Tier 1

British	Rank	French	Rank	German	Rank
Hawker Hurricane Mk I	1	Curtiss H-75	1	Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1	1
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb	1	Dewoitine D.520	2	Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4	2
Bristol Blenheim Mk IF	2	Curtiss H-81 A2	3	Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4	2
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia	2			Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2	3
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIb	3

Fighter Tier 2

Aircraft: Tier 2

British	Rank	French	Rank	German	Rank
Hawker Hurricane Mk I	1	Curtiss H-75	1	Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1	1
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb	1	Dewoitine D.520	1	Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4	1
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia	1	Curtiss H-81 A2	2	Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4	1
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIb	2	Bell Model 14a / P-39 D-1 Airacobra	3	Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2	2
Bristol Blenheim Mk IF	2	Curtiss H-87 B3	5	Messerschmitt Bf 110 F/B	3
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc	3			Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4	5
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb	5

Fighter Tier 3

Aircraft: Tier 3

British	Rank	French	Rank	German	Rank
Hawker Hurricane Mk I	1	Curtiss H-75	1	Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1	1
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb	1	Dewoitine D.520	1	Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4	1
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia	1	Curtiss H-81 A2	2	Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4	1
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIb	2	Bell Model 14a / P-39 D-1 Airacobra	3	Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2	2
Bristol Blenheim Mk IF	2	Curtiss H-87 B3	4	Messerschmitt Bf 110 F/B	3
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc	3	Lockheed 322-15 / P-38F Lightning	5	Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4	4
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb	4			Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/U-4	5
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc	5			Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4	5

Fighter Bombers and Bombers

Access to these aircraft remains unchanged through the tiers

Aircraft: Tier 0

British	Rank	French	Rank	German	Rank
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV	3	Bristol Blenheim Mk IV	3	Junkers Ju 87B Stuka	3
Havoc Mk I	3	Douglas DB-7	3	Heinkel He 111H-2	3