thank for info, but if both were attacked?
A tatics can help the fightning not make a plane best of other, also biplane can shoot down a moder fighter (ever talking of WWII) but not for this the biplane is best
Hi Vincenzo,
Sorry for the late reply, I haven't been back to this site for a few days.
Guess I missed your point, but I see what you're saying now.
You're asking about the best
fighter, not the best tactics.
My apologies.
Being that as it may, I guess my answer would be the Zero, followed closely by the Buffalo.
From what I can determine, it appeats both planes were near equals in manuverability, although the Zero had a little better climb rate.
Both planes were fairly equal in speed, around 335 MPH, so I think this is a close match, but the American plane was better armed (MHO).
As for the FW190.
Since we're talking about
radial-engined fighters, the best way I can think of to down an early 190 is to play with him until his engine won't run anymore.
...that's why the German's switched the 190's power to a liquid cooled V-12.
The cowliing didn't allow sufficient cooling of the raidial engine.
If you can keep from getting shot up, then you could tangle with him long enough so that his engine wouldn't perform as it should.
Now he's a "lame duck", whose probably running for home, and you can go in for the kill.
I know, helluva way to shoot down the enemy, but a kill's a kill.
Elvis