Best Nightfighter of WW2

[cheddar cheese]

I don't know about the French planes being crap, they did shoot down quite a few Ju52 and Ju-87s, plus the fact the Germans used a few after the capture of France. Maybe it was just the pilots.

52s and 87s are hardly the most challenging of planes to shoot down though

 

[plan_D]

They are when escorted by 109s. Plus the French planes did get some 109 kills.

 

[cheddar cheese]

wow i dont think it was their planes that were crap, just the people flying them 8)

 

[Lightning Guy]

The French had some decent pilots, but, in general no one in Europe could match the Luftwaffe for pilot skill (not at the start of the war anyway).

 

[cheddar cheese]

only because they had experience from the spanish civil war

 

[plan_D]

And because they were well trained. The British matched, and beat them in BoB though.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

so what if it was deigned to fly in a light fog, at 30,000ft in the tranistion between night and day?

 

[plan_D]

A fighter.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but it's a very specail one, it can't fly in any other conditions.........

 

[plan_D]

A Fighter with little or no military value, a waste of time, technology and money.

 

[kiwimac]

Bolton-Paul Defiant!

Kiwimac

 

[cheddar cheese]

hope you aint serious

 

[plan_D]

Just in the mood to say the Defiant, as was said in the ugliest plane thread...

 

[cheddar cheese]

probably

 

[plan_D]

All right, chaps, this is your grave. Well not only your grave, but also your friends, we are too cheap to give you one each

 

[Lightning Guy]

Hey, the Defiant was the best nightfighter the Brits had until the Beau came along.

 

[plan_D]

It wasn't the best though, was it? No...so...shhh

This is a new grave Blackburn have kindly designed for you lads.

 

[Lightning Guy]

I was just saying it was better as a night fighter than as a day fighter. And a lot prettier than those Rocs you posted.

 

[plan_D]

I'll agree with that.

 

[cheddar cheese]

that was good 8)