Nation of Origin: Iosia
Role: Heavy Fighter
First Flight: 13th January 1939
Introduction: May 1942
Status: Retired
Iosia (1951)
El Salvorco Del Mauno (1982)
Number Built: 13,860

"From the depths of hell in silence
Cast their spells, explosive violence
Russian night time flight perfected
Flawless vision, undetected"
- Sabaton - Night witches

The aircraft that almost never was; the P-49 Night Witch is an all weather, night heavy fighter/bomber and bomber escort aircraft that from the beginning, was riddled with problems. Initially designed in 1939 as a high speed fighter aircraft, the tri-engined fighter plane suffered from many issues from suspension issues upon landing that would shatter the props to outright engine fires upon startup, the aircraft was almost completely discarded until the second global war broke out and Iosia needed a high speed interceptor and long range bomber escort. The P-49's unique design and engine layout was built for both speed and livability, coupled with a noise reduction during night bombing where the pilot would kill the forward facing engines and then use the power of the center engine to fly over the target with relative silence and be able to restart the main engines with little to no conflict.

The Night witch ultimately became one of Iosia's primary bomber escort and heavy fighters up until the end of the Second Global War and the dawn of Jet engined aircraft.

The P-49L was capable of flight distance that far exceeded it's bomber escortees and was often used to patrol the coasts of Iosia, Nordenvok, and Allied territories of Andosnia. the L variant boasted a modified pylon structure, larger fuel tanks, and lengthened elevators for more mobility for dogfighting.

This specific Coloration comes from the 289th "Nightingale" Night fighter squadron, piloted by Master Sergeant Allison Mitchells, the first female pilot to achieve an Ace status in the Iosian armed forces with a total kill count of 38 Dieswenian aircraft. MSgt Mitchells' aircraft was badly damaged during the seige of Lüdingdorf in 1944 by Thaddäus Böhnisch while escorting Iosian bombers; MSgt Mitchells' was wounded from a round that pierced the canopy of her P-49L and ultimately succumbed to her injuries three days later at the age of 21.

MSgt Mitchells' P-49L Nightwitch "Dieswen's Damnation" in pursuit of a DFI-J99 Tadpole 1944

Action groups:
Ag:1 drop bombs
Ag:2 drop external fuel tanks
Ag:8 disable/enable throttle input to central engine
VTOL down for Flaps, 50% for combat, 100% for landing/ take off

Specifications:
Crew: 1 - Pilot
Max speed: 486 MPH
Max Ceiling: 34,100 ft
Time to altitude: 12 min to 20,000 ft (6,100 m) (1,667 ft/min)
Armament: 8 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns

Inspired partially by:
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Po-2 "Kukuruznik"

This aircraft is a remastering of my original P-49L night witch