Best Fighter

[cheddar cheese]

Quite armoured? It was a tank! performace wise it was actually similar to the Stuka, but because it was so well armoured it could hold the enemy fighters off until the Yak-9's came

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

How would you compare a Yak-9 to to a Me-109 or a Fw-190?

 

[cheddar cheese]

I dont actually know much about Russian aircraft...all I know about the Yak is that it was probably the best Russian fighter along with the Lavochkin La-7

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i dunno if it enetered service in WWII but the La-9 was onle hell of a fighter.................

 

[cheddar cheese]

I think it did enter service, albeit very late in the war.

 

[HealzDevo]

Has voting ended? If not I would like to vote for the Spitfire as the best fighter of WW2. It's my second favorite aircraft of all time. 2nd to the AH-64D Apache Longbow Tank Hunter-Killer Helicopter. The best fighter spitfires were in use for quite a while and managed to hold their own against an instrength luftwaffe and were marginally more manovoruable if I am correct than the Bf-109 in all the Spitfire incarnations.

 

[lesofprimus]

There are 2 versions of the Spit on record... The IX and the XIV...... Pick one and Ill update the list....

 

[cheddar cheese]

Of course it doesnt have to be the IX or the XIV

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

if i had to pick a spit i'd proberly go for the Mk.I or V..................

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nah Id go with the IX 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

the seafire Mk.47 looks very good.............

 

[cheddar cheese]

I like the Seafire.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

only the ones with bubble canopies though..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yup, I only really like bubble canopies.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

is that just for the seafire or all spits?? or all planes??

 

[cheddar cheese]

All planes. Bf-109 being the only exception

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

many planes look amazing with in-line canopies............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Name me one plane where the in-line canopy looks better than the bubble canopy.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

errr ........

 

[cheddar cheese]

Exactly