Best looking WW2 fighter

[MIflyer]

Of course, the P-47 weren't no slouch, either.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Of course, the P-47 weren't no slouch, either. View attachment 569083View attachment 569084

When the Germans first encountered the Jug they must have known their air war was lost. Just look at that beast.

 

[The Basket]

Cannot tell a lie, I love those French hotel pre-dreadnoughts as well. Perhaps we should form a support group?

I no naval architect but they look more like a tornado in a scrap yard than a warship.

How any human being can design such a thing has to be a crime against good taste. Although the steampunk nature has given them retro chic.

The Spitfire Mk I is everything I love in design. Elegant and clean and wonderfully sleek and proportioned. Looks ballerina like and light on its feet.

 

[TheMadPenguin]

The P-47 is to "the most beautiful fighter" as a sledgehammer is to a nude sculpture.
P-80 is sleek, moreso than most others
ME 262 takes second place.

 

[michael rauls]

Inho, the p47 is unique in appearance in that from some angles it looks quite graceful albiet large and from others well.......fat and clunky( technical aerodynamics terms). Yes all aircraft have there " good side" but none so much as the Thunderbolt.

 

[MIflyer]

I agree about the P-80. It rates high as well.

 

[Snautzer01]

Are you kidding? The Amoit 143 is clearly far more beautiful and at the same time, terrifying for it's sheer majesty. And I think it had 21 hp engines too...

Yes but the Amiot 143 does not have the chiselled jaw the PZL.30 has. The girls will like the chiselled jaw so no contest from this French contraption.

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[Snautzer01]

Cannot tell a lie, I love those French hotel pre-dreadnoughts as well. Perhaps we should form a support group?

Lets call it ADE (Anonymous Dreadnought Enthusiasts)

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[MIflyer]

When the Germans first encountered the Jug they must have known their air war was lost. Just look at that beast.

There is a story that a Luftwaffe officer visited Willy Messerschmidt in 1941 and said they were pleased with the BF-109 but wanted an airplane with more range and more power. Willy, no doubt still smarting from the BF-110's performance in the BoB angrily replied, "You can have a fighter plane or you can have a barn door!"

Three years later Willy and that same officer were on board a train and had to get out and dive for the ditch when P-47's attacked the train. Looking up at those powerful fighter bombers strafing deep in enemy territory, the Luftwaffe officer said, "Well, there are your barn doors!"

 

[Jager52]

Me262 is a stand out in my view.

 

[glennasher]

I favor the D model Mustangs, but will concede the Spitfire IX is special, too. For no particular reasons, I've never favored a radial-engined plane. They just don't do it for me.

 

[Admiral Beez]

From below I have to give a nod to Petter's Whirlwind.

 

[Peter Gunn]

Inho, the p47 is unique in appearance in that from some angles it looks quite graceful albiet large and from others well.......fat and clunky( technical aerodynamics terms). Yes all aircraft have there " good side" but none so much as the Thunderbolt.

My uncle was at both Wright-Pat and Muroc in the late war/early post war era, I got this shot of the very rare P-47H from his collection...

 

[TheMadPenguin]

CLEARLY post-war: the 8 machine guns are missing.

 

[Peter Gunn]

I agree about the P-80. It rates high as well.

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Totally agree, the P-80 to me is like the Mustang, it's hard to find an angle where it isn't sleek/beautiful/sexy... very sexy...

What? Stop looking at me like that...

 

[Peter Gunn]

CLEARLY post-war: the 8 machine guns are missing.

I believe it was one of those "stripper" models with armament removed for better performance.

 

[Peter Gunn]

Lets call it ADE (Anonymous Dreadnought Enthusiasts)

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Hmm, the Hood looks too much like an actual ship, come back to us Snautzer... step away from the dark side. The ADE will welcome you with open arms, or open beer kegs, your choice.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Good looking is so subjective...

my vote goes to the Bf 109G and K series for instance.

 

[GrauGeist]

Trying to decide on the best looking piston fighter is really tough, since there were several. Jets on the other hand, is easy: the He280.
Sleek design with a touch of art deco (30's styling) makes it sexy as hell.

For twin engined ships (light bomber, heavy fighter), I'd have to lean toward the KI-45.

For heavy bombers, it's a tie between the B-29 and the Me264.

 

[michael rauls]

Would agree that the G is the best looking of the 109s. I have heard/ read alot of people say they find them un attractive because of the bulges etc. But ive always thought they were by far the best looking.