Best World War II Aircraft?

[YakFlyer]

It is because of the idiotic British Air Ministry that Meteor's didn't line the airfields in late 1940, ready to intercept He111s and Do17s, because that's what could have happened had Whittle been taken seriously.
Von Ohain got alot further, in the development stage, early on, but then the RLM decided they (Jet units) were not required and so both sides had jet powered fighters much later on.
The Brits invented everything, and as someone said earlier, the Americans (and Japanese) made the inventions work, reliably, in the case of the Japanese!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Are you saying that Japanese WW2 equipment was reliable?

 

[mkloby]

Are you saying that Japanese WW2 equipment was reliable?

Everyone knows that it's true! Really though, some of their weapons were so crude it makes you want to look up interchangeable parts...

 

[plan_D]

Look, just face it. Britain invented the world, we came up with all the formulas, metallugary, weapons, electronics, seas (yes, we invented the ocean - it was all land before Britain came), the sky...(without Britain there'd be NO sky for you yanks to fly in), space, the moon, the Sun (before Britain, it was dark - that's the real reason we had the DARK AGEs)

And do we get any thanks? No! You bloody young nations have it made. Britain worked its fingers to the bone 36 hours a day to reduce the working days for you lot, and when it finally finished it died and couldn't feed its population on anything but grubs and garden worms. Then, after 3 minutes sleep it'd set its population back to work for another 36 hours to develop the freakin' HOUSE ! Just so YOU lot had somewhere to live.

Face it, we discovered, invented and developed EVERYTHING on this planet - and the planet itself !

And you Americans are all right-wing, megolomaniac, corporate, arrogant, fascists.

So there, poo on you.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Geeee.....

 

[Parmigiano]

Look, just face it. Britain invented the world, we came up with all the formulas, metallugary, weapons, electronics, seas (yes, we invented the ocean - it was all land before Britain came), the sky...(without Britain there'd be NO sky for you yanks to fly in), space, the moon, the Sun (before Britain, it was dark - that's the real reason we had the DARK AGEs)

And do we get any thanks? No! You bloody young nations have it made. Britain worked its fingers to the bone 36 hours a day to reduce the working days for you lot, and when it finally finished it died and couldn't feed its population on anything but grubs and garden worms. Then, after 3 minutes sleep it'd set its population back to work for another 36 hours to develop the freakin' HOUSE ! Just so YOU lot had somewhere to live.

Face it, we discovered, invented and developed EVERYTHING on this planet - and the planet itself !

And you Americans are all right-wing, megolomaniac, corporate, arrogant, fascists.

So there, poo on you.

... so finally we know whom we have to blame for everything that is made wrong?

gosh, 20+ centuries of blasphemy wasted against and innocent Entity... no wonders that He is so pissed and waiting for all of us to arrange the bill at Armageddon

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Thank you for brightening my day up pD!

 

[Wespe]

Look, just face it. Britain invented the world, we came up with all the formulas, metallugary, weapons, electronics, seas (yes, we invented the ocean - it was all land before Britain came), the sky...(without Britain there'd be NO sky for you yanks to fly in), space, the moon, the Sun (before Britain, it was dark - that's the real reason we had the DARK AGEs)

And do we get any thanks? No! You bloody young nations have it made. Britain worked its fingers to the bone 36 hours a day to reduce the working days for you lot, and when it finally finished it died and couldn't feed its population on anything but grubs and garden worms. Then, after 3 minutes sleep it'd set its population back to work for another 36 hours to develop the freakin' HOUSE ! Just so YOU lot had somewhere to live.

Face it, we discovered, invented and developed EVERYTHING on this planet - and the planet itself !

And you Americans are all right-wing, megolomaniac, corporate, arrogant, fascists.

So there, poo on you.

British = Genius ?

So the Brits invented everything eh? Now that is bull….. and you know it.
It was the Bavarians/Germans who invented; Lederhosen, Sauerkraut, Schuhplattln, Jodeln the Octoberfest and the transfer of citizen ship which made Hitler a German, and the Pizza was invented by the Americans (at least they believe so ).

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

You do realize Wespe that he was making a joke right? I think you were as well, but I dont know you eneogh yet to tell.

 

[Wespe]

You do realize Wespe that he was making a joke right? I think you were as well, but I dont know you eneogh yet to tell.

Aber Hallo,

Since when do Germans possess humor? They are cool, straight forward, and blond, have all blue eyes, eat Sauerkraut and have totally no sense for jokes.

And the British are all gays, and the men in the north wear skirts.

Have fun
Wespe

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Allright I got you know, just had to make sure. Where in Germany do you live? I was born and raised in Stuttgart but live in Ansbach now.

 

[Gnomey]

That "skirt" has a name (it is also not a skirt however much anyone says it is).

 

[Wespe]

That "skirt" has a name (it is also not a skirt however much anyone says it is).

Hi Scotsman,

No offence meant, actually those kilts look great, and a friend of mine borrowed me his for a great photo-shot.
So keep those bagpipes going

Wespe

 

[Burador]

According to The History Channel, about half of all the Nobel Prize awarded for inventions of all kinds were received by Germans.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

And that's good - and the best over-all aircraft of WW2 if not all time is still the DC-3/ C-47...

 

[lesofprimus]

Agreed on the C-47 Joe, as does any other well informed member...

 

[Jank]

Didn't the Brits invent gingivitis?

 

[Burador]

Didn't the Brits invent gingivitis?

I believe so. It's because of drinking too much tea. Heh, heh, heh.

 

[Wespe]

And according to the historic master novel - Asterix and Obelix in Britain, it was Miraculix who brought the Tea to England.
Beat that plan_D

Wespe

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

C-47 all the way....