Best Dogfighter Poll Revisited...

[lesofprimus]

What do u think is the Best Dogfighter between the altitudes of 15,000 and 35,000 feet????

***this was originally started by Adolf Galland....***

 

[plan_D]

Spitfire Mk. XIV. You know you shouldn't really put the Spitfire marks in the same slot, all Spitfires were different from one another.

 

[lesofprimus]

Yea well, for simplicity i combined them..... Same reason I combined the Me-109's and didnt list the Fw-190A series...

 

[plan_D]

I suppose the list would be stupidly long if you started putting each variant.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Spit XIV, no contest...

 

[plan_D]

What? C.C sees reason!?!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

 

[Maestro]

Spitfire, of corse.

 

[plan_D]

I cannot believe the Mustang is getting so many votes.

 

[Maestro]

Well, the Mustang was comparable to the Spitfire. As I always said, prefering one to an other is a question of personnal taste.

 

[plan_D]

No it wasn't. The Spitfire was a better dogfighter than the Mustang. The Mustang had a range advantage over the Spitfire, that's all.

 

[Adolf Galland]

In my opinion the Ki-84 Frank by the Japs is better than the spit in almost every single thing exept speed(climb rate, armament, range, manuvability) but i do not think that anybodyhere notice that

 

[Adolf Galland]

woobs i don't mean climb rate

 

[plan_D]

The Spitfire Mk. XIV was better than the Ki-84. Going back a bit, the Mk. VIII Spitfires in Burma slaughtered Zeros on a 8:1 kill ratio. All the Ki-84 had was manuverability, and the Spitfire could hang with it, outclimb, outdive and out do it in speed.

 

[Adolf Galland]

well i'd say that itz depending on the pliot

 

[Adolf Galland]

and the fact that the Ki-84 is way better then itz zero counter part

 

[plan_D]

Almost any dogfight can be brought to pilot skill.

 

[Adolf Galland]

yea, ever heard of the story of a US marine pliot shot down 3 of the 11 Zero that he fought single handed w/ his lone Buffelo?

 

[redcoat]

The best dogfighter in WW2 was the A6M Zero without question, even Spitfire pilots didn't dog-fight with it, they fought the Zero in the same way every other Allied fighter did.
They used their far better performance to bounce and then break off, never getting into a turning fight.
My 2nd best dog-fighter would be one not on the list, the Hawker Hurricane.

 

[Adolf Galland]

The best dogfighter in WW2 was the A6M Zero without question, even Spitfire pilots didn't dog-fight with it, they fought the Zero in the same way every other Allied fighter did.
They used their far better performance to bounce and then break off, never getting into a turning fight.
My 2nd best dog-fighter would be one not on the list, the Hawker Hurricane.

WHAT? ARE U KIDDING ME? HURRICANE? OMG UR MAD; THERE IS SO MANY FIGHTERS THAT ARE BETTER THAN IT: P-51, P-38, P-47, Spit, Me-109, Fw-190, and a lot more!!