Best looking WW2 fighter

[Elvis]

Not sure if I'd say it was the best looking plane in WWII, but another "Pretty Twin" would be the Saab J-21....

 

[Elvis]

...later on, there was a jet version, The J-21R....

...and this is where the bang-bang goes....

 

[Hardlydank]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the real best looking plane of WW2

IMO the Japanese made the best looking fighters. The Ki-61 is just so sleek

 

[spicmart]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the real best looking plane of WW2

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IMO the Japanese made the best looking fighters. The Ki-61 is just so sleek

I love it , too. Especially its high-aspect-ratio wing

 

[TheMadPenguin]

The reason it looks so good is its resemblance to a Bf 109/P-51 lovechild...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The reason it looks so good is its resemblance to a Bf 109/P-51 lovechild...

And mama and papa still look better...

 

[Marcel]

I have to say the Fokker G.1
After having done my duty, I quite like the looks of a Mosquito as a fighter.

 

[swampyankee]

Not sure if I'd say it was the best looking plane in WWII, but another "Pretty Twin" would be the Saab J-21....

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...but wasn't it a single?

 

[Elvis]

...twin....booms

 

[Sid327]

There's some really good looking aircraft posted on this thread.

But I think I've been affected by more modern ''snowflakery'' and love the idea of twin engine safety.

 

[Peter Gunn]

...twin....booms

Yeah, something like Bada Bing Bada (twin) Boom(s)...


...


Someone had to say it.

 

[spicmart]

Bugatti 100P. Built 1939.

Does this one count?
It was meant to build a fighter-version of it at some time.

 

[Elvis]

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[Escuadrilla Azul]

Re 2005 for single engined and Me 410 for twin

 

[TheMadPenguin]

...Hi...I'm back....

Ok, this one might seem like a stretch (especially following that Bugatti. WOW! )...but its my sig and I gotta give it props.
To me, it "cute" (like how a VW Beetle used to be considered "cute") and it does have a certain Elegance of Function going on.....

...and so.....

....I give you.....

THE L-4 GRASSHOPPER
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I don't see any guns, so is it really a fighter? You got a 75mm in your pocket there, pilot?

 

[Hardlydank]

I don't see any guns, so is it really a fighter? You got a 75mm in your pocket there, pilot?

*Bazooka Charlie has joined the chat*

 

[glennasher]

I don't see any guns, so is it really a fighter? You got a 75mm in your pocket there, pilot?

Speaking as an old infantryman, I wouldn't call the L-4 a fighter, but they can sure bring the bad things to the opposing force. NEVER underestimate what good artillery spotters can do, with a good arty gang on the ground taking directions. (For the record, I was an 81mm mortarman, with good FOs we were something to be conjured to. Our platoon won the 82nd Abn. Division Mortar championships three years in a row, retiring the Ridgeway Cup). Good times.
Maybe the L-4 wasn't a fighter plane, but it could sure do a lot of damage, even without guns. A radio can be a weapon, too.

 

[Admiral Beez]

From the French, best looking fighter IMO....Arsenal VG-33

Any other French contenders for best looking ww2 fighter?

For me the Dewoitine D.520 fails in the looks department. The cockpit is too far back.

And the SNCAO 200 is fugly.

 

[TheMadPenguin]

Let us please, limit our candidates to planes that actually shot down enemy aircraft in WWII.

 

[jetcal1]

Let us please, limit our candidates to planes that actually shot down enemy aircraft in WWII.

The L-4 qualifies:
He Shot Down The Enemy With A Colt .45 - WWII's Weirdest Dogfight