Best Aircraft in Many Different Roles Part II

• Jun 22, 2005

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The Spitfire could do most of those and the Hurricane did do most of those. Simply because most of those mentioned were just jobs of a fighter.

 

• Jun 22, 2005

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You forgot trainer and racer (post ww2)

 

• Jun 22, 2005

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Oooo yeah! 8) And some were equipped with skis.

The Fw-190 could do a fair share of those roles too.

 

• Jun 22, 2005

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cheddar cheese said:

Oooo yeah! 8) And some were equipped with skis.

The Fw-190 could do a fair share of those roles too.

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P-38s did the Smoke laying too.

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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I still have to go with the Ju-88. The mosquito was a great aircraft but I have not found a role that the Ju-88 did not perform. Hell it even performed as a flying bomb!

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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COuld the Ju-88 be launched off a catapult from a ship; a la Sea Hurricane or Re-2000 style?

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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I am sure the Ju-88 could have been modded to launch from a catupult. There was not much that it could do. It was even being tested with Duka 88 Recoiless cannons at the end of the war.

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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An article I read in a magazine claimed that "the Ju88 could out turn a Mosquito with ease but against a Mustang it stood no chance". It showed gun camera fim of a Mustang shooting down a Ju88.
I was quite surprised by this claim. I wonder if its true.

As for the best aircraft in many different roles, I think:

1940 - 1941 Bf109 with bomb load (disadvantage: short range)
1942 - 1944 FW190 A and F
1944 - 1945 FW190 D-9

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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Smokey said:

An article I read in a magazine claimed that "the Ju88 could out turn a Mosquito with ease but against a Mustang it stood no chance". It showed gun camera fim of a Mustang shooting down a Ju88.
I was quite surprised by this claim. I wonder if its true.

As for the best aircraft in many different roles, I think:

1940 - 1941 Bf109 with bomb load (disadvantage: short range)
1942 - 1944 FW190 A and F
1944 - 1945 FW190 D-9

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As for that claim above, I highly doubt it.

As for teh best aircraft in many different roles I can not agree with you. The Ju-88 could do more then both of those aircraft. The 109 was never really used more then a fighter, interceptor, fighter bomber, night fighter and recon. And as the disadvantage of what you stated being the short range with a bomb load on the Bf-109. She already had short range as it was.

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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I agree. I think as far as single engined planes went the Fw-190 was about as versatile and as perfect as you could get.

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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For single engine maybe the Fw-190 but deffinatly no the Bf-109. And of those two if we are talking about "Best" of all catagories. The Mosquito and the Ju-88 are far better.

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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Single engined I would go with a P-47 or a Tempest

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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I dunno...Fw-190 could do more.

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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cheddar cheese said:

I dunno...Fw-190 could do more.

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"Did more"

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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Both.

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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and CC the FW-190 was far from perfect, all planes are.....

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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The Fw-190 was not far from perfect, it was possibly the closest thing to a perfect aircraft that all countries had...Many things ive read have said this...

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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if it was perfect it would be free, so easy to fly a fish could do it, would fly at 600mph, would carry every gun you could think of, could carry a grand slam, wouldn't use any strateigic meterials, could turn on a 6pence and could take off and land vertically.........

perfection depends on your opinion, in my opinion, the Fw-190 was far from perfect.........

 

• Jun 23, 2005

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I never said it was perfect, I said it was close to perfect.

No combat aircraft ever achieved perfection, but at the time of its debut the FW 190 probably came as near to this elusive goal as any other fighter. This aircraft was undoubtedly the finest warplane ever produced by Germany and from the moment it entered the theatre of war, the FW 190 achieved a slim margin of superiority over the RAF aircraft in fighter versus fighter combat. In the ground attack role it subsequently proved its ability to absorb considerable punishment and in return deliver a more than powerful punch.

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• Jun 24, 2005

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CC, its not British!

Just picken on you Lanc!