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Which is your favourite WWII fighter plane?

I like the Thunderbolt.

* 8 machine guns with plenty of ammo is groovy

* lots of armour is bueno

* could catch a Me262 with a really, really fast dive

* turning is for sissies

For Pacific The P-38J with its long range and bomb load.

In sims or in WITP or in real world..
in real world.. yak one with the big cannon or p51
in witp the p38j or the Mosquito
in sims P51.. FW190 late against heavies [X(]

ORIGINAL: freeboy

In sims or in WITP or in real world..
in real world.. yak one with the big cannon or p51
in witp the p38j or the Mosquito
in sims P51.. FW190 late against heavies [X(]

Oh! the Dora! That's a fun one too! Lots of big guns and ammo to blow stuff into little bitty bits ... and not much of that pesky turning either!

Can't take the punishment that the T-Bolt can though.

Well here is a suprise Corsair[:D] however I also fancy one that was late war and never saw any action F7f Tigercat.

I always fancied the Spitfire for its beautiful lines. Pretty good performance, legs just too short.

For best all around performance, I'd have to go with the Dora also but the Bearcat was pretty good in its own right.

For fear factor alone, the A6M2 Zero early war. Late war, the Corsair. No Japanese pilot liked seeing that gull-winged beast screaming towards them!

Chez

P51.

Nothing else compares.

Which is your favourite WWII fighter plane?

The one not going down in flames, which one that happens to be doesn't really matter to me [:D]

In the game the George or Frank. Only with pilots 70 or better.

In game terms...Ki-61 Hien off course

in RL...i'd say FW Ta-152

German, non-jet:
TA-152 - It's an amazing plane. Great speed, superior manueverability, and impressive firepower. Short legged, and short supply though.

German, jet:
ME-262 - My best friend's father was involved in rebuilding flyable versions of these, and got to see the two seat training version up close. WOW! Unfortunately, Mr. Snyder died an untimely death while flying a vintage F-86 Sabre a few years back, and I don't know the state of the project.

US:
P-51D - Wow, always dreamed of flying one of these!

Brit:
Hawker Tempest - Fast fast fast.

IJ:
Eh, I dunno, maybe the George.

Over all:

Machi C. 205

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Sims:

Machi C 205
Huricane MK IIC
Zero
N1K2
P38L
La-5
Yak 9t
109G-6

I had many favorate rides as you can see I spent about 5 yeras flying various Flight Sims online, I still do ocashionaly.

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As noted above my favorate all around plane is the C. 205, but I am also found of the He 162, MC 200, George, and many others.

p26 Peashooter. So ugly that its way cool.

Hawker Tempest for some reason

probably because of reading Pierre Closterman's book as a kid

DO 335 Arrow - Overall best piston engine fighter of all time --- (Slightly biased on this, my dad was stationed at the Dornier plant after WWII (Oberfafenhoffen ??? not sure of the spelling) and has some interesting stories about how great this airplane was.

http://www.squadron13.com/do335/DO335.htm

US: F4U Corsair -- Bent wings and all

British: Mosquito -- Beautiful plane

Japanese: N1K1-J George

Fokker G.1A .. primarely because every time I see aircombat over the DEI as Allies I wish I had some.. and everytime I play Japan I am happy there aren´t any. [:D]

I'm with you doktor, gimmie a Razorback Jug any day of the week.

Nothing like diving on your opponent unawares. Im a big Jug simmer, Jane's WW2 Fighters, the CFS series, and IL2. Nothing like beating the Hell out of those 109 drivers.

Guess I'm a sucker for punishment....that's why I've always been a fan of the P-39 and Brewster Buffalo (of course, the Russians and the Finns were fans, too). Also like the lines of the P-35 and P-36

USSR-LA7
UK-Tempest
Germany-FW190A8
US-p47N
Japan ki-84

Uh, Spitfire Mk. IX ? [8D]

Favorite US fighter is the P-38.