Building a late-war carrier air group from Mosquitoes, Avengers, Barracudas, and Sea Furies

Which available Second World War aircraft would the panel choose for a fleet carrier air group, and why?

Foxo chooses Sea Mosquito variants for speed, range, armament and night operations. Other choices include Barracudas and Avengers for strike missions, while Clarke takes the Sea Fury under a rule allowing wartime development despite postwar entry into service.

Foxo favors Sea Mosquito variants for their speed, long range, armament and ability to operate at night. A different choice pairs an American fighter with Barracudas or Avengers, with the Barracuda valued for carrying either torpedoes or bombs. The available-aircraft rule becomes contentious because several attractive British types remained prototypes or designs. Clarke chooses the Sea Fury on the stated grounds that its development and production began before the war ended, while explicitly acknowledging that it did not enter wartime service. He combines it with a later Barracuda and accepts the Avenger as probably the better strike choice. The final suggestion of XTB2D Skypirates carries another limit: only two prototypes had flown in 1945.