What?? Are you really able to say this with a straight face? The MB.174 is a beautiful aircraft, but you've obviously proven this is not a criterion, other wise it would be in the HoF. But then I get your point, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I think the Do24T is ugly as sin.
Yes I can say it with a complete straight face. I think the French made the ugliest planes of WW2, especially the bombers. To me the aircraft look like cardboard boxes.
You're forgetting the Bf109E
I agree, one should not vote on nationality. I just vote for the more rare birds. We all know the P51, spit etc. So I vote for the piper, Fokker, Bloch etc. about which don't seem to be so popular.
Out of all the current planes in the list, I would be voting for the Fokker if I were not trying to save the Do 24T. I believe she was the most beautiful sea plane and the most capable as well (in her class that is).
Ju-87 Stuka - 34
Do24T - 12 Save
Hs 219 - 20
SM - 79 Sparviero - 22
YAK-3 - 22
Bloch MB 157 - 18 Kill
Fokker C.X - 14
Hall of Fame:
Aichi D3A1 Val - 40, A6M Zero / Avro Lancaster / BF-109G / Bf-109F / Bf-110 Zerstörer / Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo / Bristol Beaufighter/B-17 G Flying Fortress / B-24 Liberator / B-26 Marauder / C-47 Skytrain / PBY Catalina / PB4Y-2 Privateer
De Havilland Mosquito / FW-190D-9 / Fw 190A-8 / Fw 200 Condor / Fokker GI / F4F-3 Wildcat / F4U Corsair / Fiesler Fi156 Storch/G4M Betty / Ta 152 / Ju 52 / Ju 88 / Hawker Hurricane IIC / Hawker Tempest Mk V / Hawker Sea Fury
Heinkel He-111/P-38L Lighting / P-40 Warhawk / P-47D Thunderbolt / P-61 Black Widow / Piper-J3 Cub / Supermarine Spitfire MKI/Nakajima Ki-84 'Hayate' / CAC CA 12 Boomerang / N1K2 'Shiden-kai' George / Kawanishi H8K "Emily"
Hall of Shame:
Avro Manchester / Blackburn Roc / Boulton Paul Defiant/ Bristol Blenheim / Breda Ba.88 / Bf 109 E-4 / Breguet 693 / Curtis SB2C Helldiver
Dornier Do 17/ Dornier Do 217 / Dornier Do-335 / Dewoitine D 520 / Farman F.22 / Fokker D.XXI / Fairey Battle
Ilyushin IL-2 / Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon / IAR-80 / P-39 Airacobra / P-63 KingCobra / P-36 / P-26 Peashooter
Martin PBM Mariner / Martin JRM-1 "Mars" / Macchi MC 202 / Me 163 / Ta-154 / TBD Devastator / Petlyakov Pe-2
PZL P.11 / Gloster Gladiator / Gloster Meteor F1 / Nakajima Ki-27 / Nakajima Ki43 Oscar / Fiat B.R.20 Cicogna/Bloch MB.174