My apologies for not posting for about a month, been quite busy lately.
A difficult choice on this poll, would like to fly virtually all of them. If you forced my hand, I would probably pick the Spitfire for the fighters and the B-17 for the bombers.
First choice, Serie 5 fighters: Macchi 205, Reggiane 2005, Fiat G55.
Serie "6" even better.....
Among non-Italians, Spitfire.
Twin engine: P38 or Mosquito.
Heavy: B29.
If you want pure ruggedness, versitality, speed and surviveability; give me a Chance Vought Corsair every time!
Disclamer: for b!tchin' speed and firepower at altitude, a Ta. 152 H.0.
It's E.T.O. vs. P.T.O., kids!
Oh, goodness, I have opened up a can 'o worms!
Didn't enter combat until the summer of 1944. By then both Germany and Japan were in serious trouble so a P-51D pilot has a relatively good chance to survive the war.
F8F would be better still as it was a post-war aircraft. But picking an aircraft that didn't see WWII combat is cheating.
Flying a Norseman a long the NW Staging route hopefully after graduating from a Geology course , then I could be rolling in oil and you'd be calling Diamond PB
P-51, F4U, A-20, A-26 ??? I don't think I would like to be on an aircraft carrier so no F4U. I guess the P-51, I like the speed. I really admire the A-20.