Best Dogfighter Poll Revisited...

• Jan 6, 2005

• #1

lesofprimus

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Jul 27, 2004

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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....***

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #2

plan_D

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Apr 1, 2004

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

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• Thread starter
• #3

lesofprimus

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Long Island Native in Mississippi

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

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #4

plan_D

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Apr 1, 2004

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

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #5

cheddar cheese

Major General

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Jan 9, 2004

WSM, England

Spit XIV, no contest...

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #6

plan_D

Lieutenant Colonel

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Apr 1, 2004

What? C.C sees reason!?!

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #7

the lancaster kicks ass

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• Jan 7, 2005

• #8

Maestro

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Apr 12, 2004

Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Spitfire, of corse.

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #9

plan_D

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Apr 1, 2004

I cannot believe the Mustang is getting so many votes.

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #10

Maestro

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Apr 12, 2004

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

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #11

plan_D

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Apr 1, 2004

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.

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #12

Adolf Galland

Airman 1st Class

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Dec 1, 2004

New York City

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

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #13

Adolf Galland

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Dec 1, 2004

New York City

woobs i don't mean climb rate

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #14

plan_D

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Apr 1, 2004

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.

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #15

Adolf Galland

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Dec 1, 2004

New York City

well i'd say that itz depending on the pliot

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #16

Adolf Galland

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Dec 1, 2004

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

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #17

plan_D

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Apr 1, 2004

Almost any dogfight can be brought to pilot skill.

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #18

Adolf Galland

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Dec 1, 2004

New York City

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?

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #19

redcoat

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Nov 20, 2004

Stockport

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.

 

• Jan 7, 2005

• #20

Adolf Galland

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Dec 1, 2004

New York City

redcoat said:

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.

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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!!