1. Fixed wing aircraft don't have fixed buoy capability. They can't stop moving.
2. Sonobuoy technology was in it's infancy at the time and didn't actually become effective until midway through the coldwar. At least not dependably.
3. Buoys have limited life spans even now so to make them comparable in a game, they'd only last maybe a minute at most. Why bother?
4. You need the capability to process the buoys, not something a scout plane can do. The computing capabilities of the day didn't stand a chance. Even now, we require equipment in the modern navy that barely fits on HH-60 helo and is best used on a small-boy ship or a P-3 Orion. How do you figure you'd fit a console that would likely weight 500+ lbs in WWII onto a scout plane? And that's to process dropped buoys. You are talking about a dipper, something that wasn't even thought of until the late 60's and wasn't considered effective until the 80's since we already had MAD that worked just fine as far as anyone was concerned.
5. Please research the uses, limitations, and history of sonobuoys before you suggest anything in reference to them. Oh, and as for what makes me a subject-matter expert? I'm a Sonar Technician on a DDG in the modern US Navy right now. Go ahead, tell me something I don't know.
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