There's one thing which I feel is a little *too* abstracted in WPP and that's aircraft type info. It's great to have the individual ships, but I'd love to also have sprites representing Zeros, Vals, Kates and Bettys and having them replaced later by their successors ...
I purchased WPP recently, so I have just begun reading the posts. I realize from years my own gaming experience you my no longer playing the game, but I agree with your view of the aircraft type info. Planning raids and invasions could be done more intelligently and effectively if a player knew how many of each plane type was available.