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GregP said:Not much activity here ... OK, I propose the best fighter of WWII in several categories:
1) Best low to meduim altitude fighter: Yak-3 / 9U
2) Best high altitude fighter: Ta-152H
3) Best bomber escort fighter: P-51H
4) Best gound attack foghter bomber: P-47 or Tempest
5) Best fighter-vs. fighter: Grumman Hellcat (based on kill ratio)
6) Best photo raconasiiance fighter: Late model Spitfire
7) Best overall fighter of WWII for all missions taken together: Ta-152H
Any discussion?
the lancaster kicks ass said:you have got to be kiddin, the best photo recon. plane, and fighter-bomber is easily the de haviland mosquito, and best ground attack/low level fighter is the tempest. Anybody agree?
the lancaster kicks ass said:fair enough, but the mosquito is still my favourite
GermansRGeniuses said:o and Dornier Do 335 Pfeil which i may add was ready for production but they didnt use it for some reason (cmon 475mph top speed!)
GermansRGeniuses said:no it was ready it was even seen in battle just not officially by the luftwaffe but dornier did use it to defend its factory and so did heinkel with he100
GermansRGeniuses said:well good luck finding it on the net because thats not where i got it i got it from a series thing called Aircraft Of The World which was like a binder and each month they send u various card on all types of planes and not just WWII planes i mean ALL TYPES
polish member of NSDAP said:the best fighter?- with propeller:bf 109 k-14 and fw 190 a-9 and d-12 dornier DO P252 is good! the best turbojet fighters: me p1110 and
henschel hs 135. visit www.luft46.com - there are charactreistics of german super performance aircraft!!!!allied figters=shit!