Please note this is just the beginning, but it does answer the main questions of what planes are unlockable, how many missions there are, and which missions unlock which planes.  If you have any suggestions, please add them to thread by posting a reply.   I will incorporate and credit anyone who does so. 

Missions:

1. Training
2. Dunkirk
3. Dunkirk evacuation
4. Battle of Britain
5. Desert Reconnaissance
6. Desert Rats Attack
7. Day of Infamy (Pearl Harbor)
8. Surprise Attack (Coral Sea)
9. Battle of Midway (Opening Moves)
10. Battle of Midway (Turning point)
11. Guadalcanal
12. Rabaul Raid
13. Top Secret
14. D-Day (Normandy)
15. Paris, La Liberation
16. Counter Attack
17. Flying Fortress
18. Berlin

 

Unlockable Planes

• You unlock planes by completing missions above a certain score (Elite or Ace should unlock both planes)
• There are 4 aircraft to unlock by playing through the standalone mini-campaign missions (bombing and dogfight).  There are 6 missions in each mini-campaign.
• The planes are:

1.      Gladiator (fighter): Begin with

2.      Hurricane I (fighter): Training

3.      ME 110C (fighter): Training

4.      Spitfire I (fighter): Dunkirk

5.      ME 109E (fighter): Dunkirk

6.      Spitfire V (fighter): Dunkirk Evacuation

7.      Swordfish (bomber): Dunkirk Evacuation

8.      Seafire (fighter): Battle of Britain

9.      JU 87 stuka (bomber): Battle of Britain

10.  Hurricane II (fighter): Desert Recon

11.   ME 110E (fighter): Desert Recon

12.  P-40C Warhawk (fighter): Desert Rats

13.  Beaufighter (bomber): Desert Rats

14.  Devestator (bomber): Pearl Harbor

15.  A6M Zero (fighter): Pearl Harbor

16.  P-39 Aircobra (fighter): Coral Sea

17.  B5M2 Kate (bomber): Coral Sea

18.  SBD 3 Dauntless (bomber): Midway (Opening Moves)

19.  Ki 43 Hayabusa (fighter): Midway (Opening Moves)

20.  F4F Wildcat (Fighter): Midway (Turning Point)

21.  J2M Raiden (fighter): Midway (Turning Point)

22.  F4U1 Corsair (fighter): Guadalcanal

23.  N1K Shinden (fighter): Guadalcanal

24.  FW 190A (fighter): Rabaul

25.  ME 110G (fighter): Rabaul

26.  P47 Thunderbolt (fighter): Top Secret

27.  Kikka (fighter): Top Secret

28.  P-51D Mustang (fighter): Normandy

29.  ME 109G (fighter): Normandy

30.  Tempest (fighter): Paris

31.  ME 109K (fighter): Paris

32.  B-17 Flying Fortress (bomber): Counterattack

33.  Typhoon (fighter): Counterattack

34.  P-51H Mustang (fighter): Flying Fortress

35.  Spitfire IX (fighter): Flying Fortress

36.  F6F Hellcat (fighter): Berlin

37.  FW 190 D9 (fighter): Berlin

38.  Meteor (fighter): Dogfighting stand alone campaign

39.  Me 262 (fighter): Dogfighting stand alone campaign

40.  TBM 3 Avenger (bomber): Bombing stand alone campaign

41.  D3A1 Val (bomber): Bombing stand alone campaign

Unlocking Achievements (from Col Hartman):

·        Ace Killer: Defeat all other Aces in arcade mode

·        Ace of Aces: Achieve the highest score in all campaign missions.

·        Collector: Unlock and collect all planes.

·        Hero: Achieve combat excellence and earn all medals in campaign.

·        Survivor: Outlive your enemies in Arcade Mode; must survive using all unlocked planes.

·        Veteran: Outlive WWII (beat campaign)

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General tips and questions/answers:

·         Taking pictures: line up your target and wait for both sliders to be green (like launching a torpedo).  When they are green, click and hold down the right thumstick.  You will notice a meter on the right side of the targeting area fill up.  When it is complete, your photo is done.

·         Tips for Ace rating on each mission:

·         Use your wingmen as little as possible.  Make sure they are in the grey/white “formation” so that they stick to you but don’t take out targets

·         If things get hairy, use Tom to taunt people so he takes fire and have Joe repair your plane.  Rinse and repeat

·         Look for targets of opportunity (things that don’t show up as your objective targets)

·         Time isn’t a big issue even though there is an “ace” time; the more targets you destroy, the less important this becomes

·         How can I beat the Berlin mission? (Col Hartman and Blast Furnace)

·        Stay low and use the meter to your right as your guide.  As long as you don’t go too high on the river part, you will not be hit.  Once you have taken out the third radar station, you will be able to gain altitude.  The fourth (and last) radar station is behind you towards the left.

·        Once the radar stations are out, you must survive for 3 minutes by yourself against many German fighters.  Use your speed to your advantage.  Head straight in any direction and wiggle a bit, you will hit the edge of the map and be turned around.  When you are turning, you are invulnerable, but you can fire off your guns and rockets.  Rinse and repeat until your squadron shows up.

How about finding the 3 camps? (DFC Pup)

The right most camp (as you look at the beach from the start point) is pretty much straight inland from the carrier. After that the next two are further inland, and closer the coast (the left most being the closest to the coast).

I got my ace by doing the first section in a quick time, then I kept going back to my saved checkpoint until I knew the angle to fly to find the next camp - so I could fly straight there, which saves a checkpoint once you've taken the photo. Repeat for all bases. At the end, if you can find the ocean just travel left up the coast as you hit it.

·        To get ace status, don’t allow your wingmen to engage (keep it white—in formation) and occasionally use Tom to take some fire for you and use your rockets for fast kills.

·        Colonel:

• For me: 721 aircraft, 1100 ground, 91 ships
• Letz Rock: 773 aircraft, 926 ground, 88 ships
  

Cheat codes:

• God Mode: While playing campaign and pause the game Hold the left trigger then tap X, Y, Y, X and then release the left trigger and then hold the right trigger then tap Y, X, X, Y.. [thanks Col Hartman]
  

• Increased damage by weapons :Enter cheat in Pause menu : hold LT and quickly press LB, LB, RB. Then hold RT and quickly press RB, RB, LB. [thanks JustPresident]
  

• All campaign missions and planes :Enter cheat in Main menu : Hold LT + RT and press
  
  X, LB, RB, Y, Y, RB, LB, X [thanks JustPresident]

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My plan is so simple an idiot could have thought of it

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