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Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:03 pm
by hawker
I know that this is probably chewed million times but this topic should be interesting.
Which is the best fighter in WW2?
Let jets stay aside in this.
For me:
1. Lavochkin La-7
2. P-51 "Mustang"
3. FW-190
4. Ki-84 "Hayate"
5. Me-109k
6. Vickers supermarine Spitfire
7. P-38 "Lightning"
8. F4U "Corsair"
9. A6M2 "Zero"
That is the top nine,from best to worse[;)]
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:13 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Oh Thread, NO!!!
(runs away and hides...)
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:15 pm
by wworld7
Oh not again.
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:18 pm
by hawker
This is only a very peaceful conversation,there will not be any anger or hard words[:D]
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:31 pm
by mdiehl
1. Vought F4U3++
2. Republic P-47D ++
3. Lavochkin La-7
4. Focke Wulf 190D/TA-151
5. Hawker Tempest Mk V
6. North American P-51D ++
7. Supermarine Spitfire
8. Lockheed P-38 G++
9. Yakovlev Yak 3
10. Bell P63 Kingcobra
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:48 pm
by DuckofTindalos
ORIGINAL: hawker
This is only a very peaceful conversation,there will not be any anger or hard words[:D]
You poor ignorant b*stard. Anger and hard words are here already...[8|]
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:57 pm
by hawker
ORIGINAL: Terminus
ORIGINAL: hawker
This is only a very peaceful conversation,there will not be any anger or hard words[:D]
You poor ignorant b*stard. Anger and hard words are here already...[8|]
You can throw stones on me,i will replay with bread and flowers[8D]
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:23 pm
by wild_Willie2
While we are at it: Bismarck was NOT scuttled, the Sherman was better than the tiger and the zero was WAY better than the Wildcat......
This should get this thead REALLY going......
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:38 pm
by DuckofTindalos
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:06 am
by Big B
Not in order of best to worst - but just very successful aircraft designs (all world-class I think):
Bf-109
FW-190
Supermarine Spitfire
P-38
P-47
P-51
F4U
F6F
A6M (*)
KI-84
LA-7
Yak-3
Macchi C.202/205
Fiat G.55
(* - for it's time, couldn't compete late war)
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:25 am
by Andy Mac
In terms of strategic importance Hawker Hurricane accept no substitutes - <takes cover> [:D][:D]
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:27 am
by Big B
ORIGINAL: Andy Mac
In terms of strategic importance Hawker Hurricane accept no substitutes - <takes cover> [:D][:D]
Don't run [:)], I had a very tough time leaving that one off my list above - and I agree with you.[;)]
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:34 am
by decaro
I don't know what all the anxiety in this thread is about, but my picks are:
P-51D as the previous models -- prior to the Merlin engine -- were for ground support
Fw 190D (Dora), another low-slung monoplane
Seafire, the Supermarine Spitfire Mk that lasted until the Korean War
And ...
F4U Corsair and P-47 Thunderbolt as best fighter-bombers; although both had the double-wasp engine, the carrier capable Corsair outlasted the P47
Honorable Mention
Bf 109 -- esp. the 109F -- and the A6M series; both were ground-breaking aircraft, but over time they couldn't keep up w/the competition.
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:02 am
by Ian R
F4U Corsair fan. But the Mustang outranges it. Spitfire wins the best looking award. Why isn't the Ki100 on the list?
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:47 am
by Tiornu
I'll mention a fine book, Duels in the Sky by Eric Brown. It gives only one man's opinion, but Brown isn't just any man.
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:59 am
by niceguy2005
Republic P-47D..."There can be only one"
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:57 am
by pauk
ORIGINAL: Raverdave
...........................AND the JFB Club is full of pussies. [:D]
How are the things Raver in Japanese Oz[:D]?
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:01 am
by pauk
My wote:
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:00 am
by String
ORIGINAL: Joe D.
I don't know what all the anxiety in this thread is about, but my picks are:
P-51D as the previous models -- prior to the Merlin engine -- were for ground support
Fw 190D (Dora), another low-slung monoplane
Seafire, the Supermarine Spitfire Mk that lasted until the Korean War
And ...
F4U Corsair and P-47 Thunderbolt as best fighter-bombers; although both had the double-wasp engine, the carrier capable Corsair outlasted the P47
Honorable Mention
Bf 109 -- esp. the 109F -- and the A6M series; both were ground-breaking aircraft, but over time they couldn't keep up w/the competition.
Hm I've always thought that the Bf109K was a good match for contemporary allied and soviet fighters?
Have i been wrong ?
RE: Best fighter in WW2???
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:14 pm
by decaro
ORIGINAL: String
ORIGINAL: Joe D.
... Honorable Mention
Bf 109 -- esp. the 109F -- and the A6M series; both were ground-breaking aircraft, but over time they couldn't keep up w/the competition.
Hm I've always thought that the Bf109K was a good match for contemporary allied and soviet fighters?
Have i been wrong ?
No, you're not wrong: as the last Messerschitt version to be made in any significant numbers, the 109K suffered from a lack of fuel and trained pilots, both of which were in short supply for the Luftwaffe in the last months of the war (
Source: The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WW II)
