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You all are forgetting that it doesn't matter what the performance chart said. Most planes don't even come close to that chart. I would say that if you took the average maintenance for each aircraft provided by that ground crew I would have to go with the P-51. I think the pilot skill...

If your looking at American use then you would have to go with the P-39. It gave the pilots somewhat of a chance. It is also the better known of the two aircraft. If you look at foreign use then I think it becomes a toss up. The Soviets loved the P-39 but the Finish used with good effect the...

Does anyone have any pictures of the Ba-88 or 65? I don't think I have ever seen one of these aircraft before.

Didn't they base the X-1 off of the shape of a .50cal bullet???

American = B-26 ruggedness,bomb load, speed German = JU-88 only German bomber I would have wanted to be in British = Bristol Beaufort if you can call it a medium bomber Japan = Neil/Sally??? The British and Japanese only really had heavy and light bombers. What would you consider medium...

I agree. The Japanese still didn't use group tactics at the end of the war. They believed in self honor in the fact that dieing in battle was better than winning the battle. Read Flyboys and you will see what I mean. I couldn't believe that they stopped supplying troops after they took over...

My second choice would be the Ju-86. Mostly because they have the Junkers name on them. Well anything would be better than the Whitley. That was mean of me to say about the Whitley. It was a good costal command plane.

Put me in the B-18. I don't know much about it but the DC-3 seemed to be able to take a beating. Was it based on a DC-3 or was it the DC-2?

I am reading this book right now. I never knew some of the facts behind what brought Japan into war with China. Also, I knew Japan wasn't big on surrendering but I had no idea on what they did to our and how they looked down on it. I have a lot of books on World War 2 Aviation but this one...

That's a good question. I would have to go with the F4F for the same reasons that I would go with it over a Zero. Not saying that the Me-109 and Zero were the same but they show some of the same qualities and what made the Zero better than the F4F. i.e. rate of roll, turning circle, and...

No doubt about it the P-38 had speed but could it really stand a chance against the more agile single engine airplanes? I would think the Me-109 would be able to out roll to it's advantage.

The FW-187 and the He-100 or even the He-112 would have been a good plane to continue with as side developments just in case the Me-109 and the Me-110 failed. Why didn't Germany have the sight to develop more than one aircraft at a time?

Wellington!!!!!!!!!!!

I would go with the P-51H if it made the war. I would like the Typhoon or the Tempest down low and a high flying spit.

I have to agree with the above list of aircraft. I might sub the Ju-88 nightfighter with the He-219. But I think they both get the message across. For a fighter I might throw in the late Italian fighters or even the Janpanesse fighters. Just to mix it up a little.