Best Aircraft in Many Different Roles Part II

[Matt308]

Yeah just think, Hunter. Your trophy wife is just finishing 5th grade.

 

[Sky Captain]

OK so I'm kinda new here and I only made it through the first 19 pages of this thread so far but (considering the topic) is there no love for the DC-3/C-47/R4D/Dakota etc.(and all the other variations)?...I mean that was about as versitile an aircraft as there ever was.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

whilst she did perform many roles most of them just involved carrying a slightly different cargo to a slightly different place, planes like the Ju-88 and mossie genuinely performed vastly different roles calling on many of the plane's different abilities................

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

OK so I'm kinda new here and I only made it through the first 19 pages of this thread so far but (considering the topic) is there no love for the DC-3/C-47/R4D/Dakota etc.(and all the other variations)?...I mean that was about as versitile an aircraft as there ever was.

So when did the C-47 perform as a night fighter, day fighter, bomber, dive bomber, torpedo bomber, ground attack (okay they used them as gun ships in Vietnam, but we are talking WW2 here not Vietnam), maritime patrol and photo recon?

Sorry the C-47 is a great aircraft and I think she was the most important aircraft of WW2 but she is not as versatile as the Ju-88. Not even close.

 

[Matt308]

Agreed Adler. And the sheer engineering that went into the vastly different models, missions, and roles played by the Ju-88 is beyond comparison. That was one versatile airframe. They didn't just hang different armaments below her or fill her bombays up with different equipment. They truly revolutionized the original airframe for all the different roles she played in. Remarkable actually.

 

[Milos Sijacki]

Well personally I like Il-2 Sturmovik. It was the best ground attack aircraft in the WW II and there were even types used as fighters, but this is only my personal opinion.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

she will always be one of the great aircraft of the war but was by no means the most versatile, she was a born and bread close support ground attack aircraft..............

 

[Bullockracing]

I agree with Matt Adler - Ju 88 by far, followed by the Do 217, Mossie, Hurricane, Me 110, in no particular order...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

so far i'd put the 1 and 2 as the Ju-88 then the mossie...........

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Well personally I like Il-2 Sturmovik. It was the best ground attack aircraft in the WW II and there were even types used as fighters, but this is only my personal opinion.

While your opinion is yours and it is valid opinion and everyone is allowed to have an opinion, lets look at this seriously.

Could the Il-2 seriously fill these roles:

Transport
Torpedo Bomber
Cargo
Bomber with heavy loads of bombs

There are plenty of aircraft such as the Ju-88 and Mossie that could plus more and everything that the Il-2 could do.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

so far i'd put the 1 and 2 as the Ju-88 then the mossie...........

Damn that is the first time I have ever heard you say something like that you Lancy Bastard!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

what's the expletive

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I dont remember.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

Bast*rd fits... how many other 7 letter explitives can we think of guys

 

[Gnomey]

F**king would fit but wouldn't work

Anyways I would agree with the assessment of the FW190 as best bomber killer. For the BoB the 109's 20mm would be just as effective on bombers as on fighters but I would probably say the Hurricane.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

erm, gnomey, the second part of that post belongs in the other topic

 

[Gnomey]

I thought this was that topic...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

no this's this topic that topic's the other topic

 

[Gnomey]

I know that this is this and that is that now...

 

[Matt308]

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