Butt-ugly airplanes

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Alright guys, dust off those photos and let's see some of the really ugly airplanes. I will start off with the LACAB GR.8 "Doryphone". Mercifully, only one prototype was made. Made in Belgium, the Germans captured it at Evere airfield in 1940.
 

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Here are what some of the other countries around the world were trying to do while Kelly Johnson was designing the P-38. The first is Holland's Fokker D.XXIII - a novel concept for the times, but poorly refined, under-powered, and using a very poor airfoil. The second is Gloster's F.9/37 which was the absolute contemporary of the P-38. It certainly never had the looks of the Lightning.
 

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In concept, the D.XXIII wasn't a bad idea. Unfortunately, it was powered by Czech engines (that WAS a bad idea) and the aircraft industry of the Dutch lacked the ability to refine the aircraft to the needed levels.
 
Well the the French must have lousy eyes because they had a lot of trouble building a decent looking place.
 
There is always the good old Handley Page Hendon Heavy Bomber, one of Britains many entries into the Butt-Ugly Airplanes contest



There is also the Heyford Bomber



 
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