Heroes Over Europe

There is a total of 40 planes to unlock by playing through the campaigns. Every mission, with the exception of London Burning and Operation Cerberus, has three different planes, one for each difficulty setting. London Burning and Operation Cerberus do not have planes to unlock on Ace. To unlock the Rookie level planes, you just need to beat each mission. However, to unlock planes on Pilot and Ace you must beat each mission AND complete the bonus objective.

The plane unlocks stack the same way as the difficulty trophies. Beating a mission on Pilot with the bonus objective complete, will unlock the Pilot and Rookie level planes. If you beat a mission on Pilot without completing the bonus objective, you will unlock the Rookie plane only. To unlock that Pilot level plane you can either replay the mission on the same difficulty, or you can unlock it later by fulfilling the requirements on Ace. If you fail to complete the bonus objective on Ace you will have to replay the mission until you do so. As soon as you fail a bonus objective, reload the checkpoint so you don’t have to replay any previously completed sections.

After you've completed a mission, any new planes you may have unlocked will be displayed on the screen. I recommend you copy the list below and cross planes off as you unlock them. Another way to figure out which planes you've unlocked is by comparing this list to the mission stats. Press on the mission select screen to bring up the stats for the highlighted mission. On the mission stats screen, you can see the highest difficulty you've completed that mission and whether or not you've completed the bonus objective.

Here is a list of all the planes with their corresponding missions and difficulties:


Phoney War

• Rookie: P-40-B Tomahawk
• Pilot: Hurricane Mk II-c
• Ace: Yak-9U

Defense of the Realm

• Rookie: Spitfire Mk. Ia
• Pilot: Hurricane Mk. IId
• Ace: Folgore MC.202

London Burning

• Rookie: Bf-109 E-4 “Emil”
• Pilot: Bf-109 G-6 “Gustav”
• Ace: None

Fighter Superiority

• Rookie: Ju-87-B Stuka
• Pilot: Spitfire Mk. Vb
• Ace: Spitfire Mk. IXc

Firestorm

• Rookie: Bf-110 C-4 Zerstorer
• Pilot: Bf-110 G-10 Schrage Musik
• Ace: He 219A-7/Rl Uhu

Eagle Day

• Rookie: P-51A Mustang
• Pilot: Whirlwind Mk.II
• Ace: P-38J Lightning

Heart of the Empire

• Rookie: Swordfish Mk.II
• Pilot: Bf-109 G-10 “Gustav”
• Ace: Bf-109 E-4 Ace

Operation Cerberus

• Rookie: Mosquito NF Mk.V Series 2
• Pilot: Beaufighter TF Mk.X
• Ace: None

Party Crashers

• Rookie: P-47B Thunderbolt
• Pilot: Mosquito FB Mk.V Series 3
• Ace: Spitfire Mk. XIV

The Butcher's Birds

• Rookie: Typhoon Mk.Ib
• Pilot: P-47D-23 Thunderbolt
• Ace: Fw 190 F-8 Ace

Operation Jericho

• Rookie: Fw 190 A-8 Wurger
• Pilot: Fw 190 F-8 Jabo
• Ace: Me-262 A-2 Schwalbe

Eye of the Storm

• Rookie: Tempest Mk.V Series 2
• Pilot: Tempest FB Mk.II
• Ace: Meteor G41 Mk.I

Battle of the Bulge

• Rookie: P-51D Mustang
• Pilot: P-51D (NA-124) Mustang
• Ace: P-80 Shooting Star

The Black Heart

• Rookie: P-61 Black Widow
• Pilot: P-51H (NA-126) Mustang
• Ace: Me-262 A-2 Ace