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RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:38 pm
by anarchyintheuk
We have a winner.
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:06 pm
by stuman
ORIGINAL: niceguy2005
ORIGINAL: String
Can't beat the Amiot 143
Yup that's ugly. [:D] I'd be embarrassed to fly it.
I think this get's my vote so far. Ungainly looking for sure.
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:13 pm
by RevRick
ORIGINAL: MineSweeper
Here is another winner (plain ugly)....they should have been shot down on sight (most likely they were[:D])
French Brequet Bre 413
It would never be shot down. The attacking pilots would be laughing so hard they would crash themselves. But, then the plane (the Bricket) would probably crash out of embarrassment anyway.
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:19 pm
by RevRick
ORIGINAL: Mynok
No, they are outsourced to elves........ [:D]
Awww. Quit being insulting to the elves. Only trolls would take that job.

RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:23 pm
by RevRick
Well, there is always this little thingie!!!!

RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:26 pm
by Mynok
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:44 pm
by RUPD3658
ORIGINAL: Mynok
It's not ugly...it is "Big boned". [:D]
Rev Rick's Siamese HE-111 (previous post) was designed to tow the glider version of this plane (The Gigant).
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:49 pm
by Skyland
ORIGINAL: RevRick
ORIGINAL: MineSweeper
Here is another winner (plain ugly)....they should have been shot down on sight (most likely they were[:D])
French Brequet Bre 413
It would never be shot down. The attacking pilots would be laughing so hard they would crash themselves. But, then the plane (the Bricket) would probably crash out of embarrassment anyway.
Well, it is not WWII bomber [:)]
Only some protos were built in 1935 and never saw the war.
My vote goes for Martin B-10 also.
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:28 pm
by Hornblower
B-10 for me too, but the B-18 wouldn't win any prizes either..
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:21 pm
by wdolson
If you are restricting the pool to planes that saw action in WW II, I think the Fokker T.IV makes the B-10 and B-18 look sleek and modern by comparison.
http://www.aviastar.org/air/holland/fokker_t-4.php
Bill
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:58 pm
by jcjordan
For me it'd have to be just about anything French or the Baltimores, just something about the belly w/ the tail end that just doesn't go together.
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:59 pm
by Shark7
ORIGINAL: RevRick
ORIGINAL: MineSweeper
Here is another winner (plain ugly)....they should have been shot down on sight (most likely they were[:D])
French Brequet Bre 413
It would never be shot down. The attacking pilots would be laughing so hard they would crash themselves. But, then the plane (the Bricket) would probably crash out of embarrassment anyway.
LOL.
The French do seem to have a true talent for building some butt ugly airplanes, don't they?
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:32 pm
by Mynok
In WWII...they made some very pretty planes in WWI. One wonders if all their designers were shot after the war or something.
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:23 pm
by Dili
In late 30,40's there were making nice designs: Leo 451, Potez 631, Bloch 174.
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:16 am
by Japan
ORIGINAL: Mac67
Tupolev TB-3. It must have been damn cold in those open cockpits.
Ye I think so to, must be the TB3...
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:47 am
by timtom
Honourable mention to the Blen IV (Bolingbroke this one, but hey...).
...but dang the B-10 hit must'a hit every branch falling out of the ugly tree.

RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:16 am
by Hard Sarge
Hey lets keep to the subject
The Gigant is a transport, and the He 111Z is a transport tug
(and really, I don't find the He 111 to be a Ugly bomber, unless you watch the bombs falling out of it)
but, the biggest point is, Bombers were not designed or built to be pretty, or win awards, they were built do a job, don't care how ugly it was, if it got you to the target, let you hit the target and then get you back home, you didn't care how ugly it was
( I know a B-24, that had a engine shot out, and two others that had to be feathered, major damage to the plane, 7 of the crew wounded, that plane made it back to base, and landed, to that crew, that planes was the prettest plane to ever fly)
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:33 am
by Nikademus
Is the Amiot 143 extinct?
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:21 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Too ugly to survive for long...
RE: Ugliest Bomber of WWII
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:50 pm
by pasternakski
I vote for Katya here...
