Why does an aircraft need an aggressive capacity to be classed as a warbird?
Take the L series aircraft for example. Some 1500 aircraft were lost and 100's aircrew were killed in Europe between D-day and the end of the war. The aircraft, unarmed, were operated in all weather conditions over the front line and were routinely shot at by everything from hand guns to heavy shells, not the mention the luftwaffe. The War must have seemed very real to the army airmen at the time and their aircraft must surely be regarded as warbirds now just as the Willys Jeep and GMC 6X4 should be next to the Sherman Tank.
Kingy