Best World War II Aircraft?
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Jabberwocky
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No, and it never will be.
As a question it's WAY too open
Best plane at what? For what mission? At what time? Against what opposition?
What category? Are we talking fighters, bombers, recon, attack, seaplanes or all of the above?
For instance, it might be said that the Me-262 was the best plane of the war. But the P-51D and P-47N were far better long range escorts, the IL-2, Il-10 and Hs-129 were superior attack aircraft and the B-17, Lancster, B024, Halifax, Pe-8 were much better bombers and most other fighters were far superior dogfighters.
As a question it's WAY too open
Best plane at what? For what mission? At what time? Against what opposition?
What category? Are we talking fighters, bombers, recon, attack, seaplanes or all of the above?
For instance, it might be said that the Me-262 was the best plane of the war. But the P-51D and P-47N were far better long range escorts, the IL-2, Il-10 and Hs-129 were superior attack aircraft and the B-17, Lancster, B024, Halifax, Pe-8 were much better bombers and most other fighters were far superior dogfighters.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Best WW2 "PLANE." I would assume all around - yes this has been discussed before and its simple -
THE C-47!!!!
THE C-47!!!!
lesofprimus
Brigadier General
Pretty much the common answer right there....
Twitch
Staff Sergeant
PT-17!!! Gotta train 'em in sumthin'!!
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
I'd put the PT-17 in the top 5....Twitch said:
evangilder
"Shooter"
FLYBOYJ said:
Yep, and of course the AT-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard up high as well
I am in complete agreement of the C-47.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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you guys are so biased 
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
the lancaster kicks ass said:you guys are so biased
Nope - you guys used the C-47 as well!
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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no i meant more about the trainers, just as many commonwealth airmen (and women) were trained on tiger moths than american trainers.........
evangilder
"Shooter"
Well, the Brits also used the Harvard. But the Tiger Moth is also one of the greats.
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Sal Monella
Airman 1st Class
"if britain had fallen it is generally agreed the war would have been lost."
On a more positive note, the Germans would have been credited with wiping out tooth decay and gingivitis.
On a more positive note, the Germans would have been credited with wiping out tooth decay and gingivitis.
Henk
Master Sergeant
Hurricane against a Fw-190, never. Hurricane VS the Fw-190, I would say the Fw-190 depending on the pilot, but we are not talking about that now.
Henk
Henk
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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i think it would be generally accepted that the -190 would beat a hurricane, there is one hell of an age difference between them though!
Henk
Master Sergeant
Excuse me, the Hurricane were in the battle of Briton and so were the Fw-190. The Fw-190 were in the later part of the war but the Hurricane were still there.
Henk
Henk
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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the Fw-190 never took part in the battle of britain, and by the time the -190 was in service most hurricanes were replaced by spits and sent out to the med or asia........
Henk
Master Sergeant
You know lanc they did a study the other day and they found that the Hurricane won the battle of Briton and not the Spitfire, there were to few of them to be able to win it. The Fw-190 were already in action in September 1941, to be precise 6 September 1941.
Henk
Henk
grumman-cats
Airman 1st Class
talk about the bias opinion. Just face it guys, if it was built by grumman it was great. end of discussion, no need to debate anymore. There's just nothing better than that.
Henk
Master Sergeant
IF YOU THINK SO ! ! ! !
Henk
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