Most Beautiful Aircraft of WW2?

[Elvis]

Nice! The US Army had their own aircraft carriers. Sort of like the IJ Army's Yamashio Maru class CVE and the Akitsu Maru assault ship. Did any of these LSTs fly Pipers with Bazookas? That would be the US Army providing its own CAS.

The saga of the seasick US Army Piper Cubs on the Navy's smallest aircraft carriers.

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I think your picture answers your question. Looks like an entire battalion, to me! ( )

 

[Elvis]

I've heard that seltzer bottles sound like dropping bombs when tossed from a Piper Cub.

I believe a case was considered the standard bomb load, when flying interdiction missions. ( )

 

[SaparotRob]

Got that bit of info from the movie Cast a Giant Shadow.

 

[pinehilljoe]

Good that the German's didnt think of the idea and use a Storch
The saga of the seasick US Army Piper Cubs on the Navy's smallest aircraft carriers.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Good that the German's didnt think of the idea and use a Storch
The saga of the seasick US Army Piper Cubs on the Navy's smallest aircraft carriers.

You don't see many parasol wings on carrier aircraft. Just the French that I can think of, plus the Piper and Stella above.

The first single seat monoplane carrier fighter with folding wings.

 

[SaparotRob]

Good that the German's didnt think of the idea and use a Storch
The saga of the seasick US Army Piper Cubs on the Navy's smallest aircraft carriers.

The Abwher dropped the ball on that one.

 

[PFVA63]

I'm drawn to this picture. It looks like a Lockheed Electra running away with its tail between its legs.

Hi,
I think you summed it up well. It's body reminds me a bit of the cave/spider crickets I see around my house in Virginia.

 

[soaringtractor]

Beautiful means, not about performance, only about looking good. Please choice only one aircraft you think beautiful.

I vote to Bf109. I think it has sharpe shape and beautility.8)8)


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Its gotta be the P51 D/K Mustang !!!!

 

[WATU]

Catalina

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Catalina

The Cat is a beautiful aircraft, but the Dornier Do 24 is much sexier...

 

[WATU]

The Cat is a beautiful aircraft, but the Dornier Do 24 is much sexier...

Eye of the beholder.

 

[MarkD69]

Hands down Supermarine Spitfire. All planes being aerodynamic but the lines and curves of this masterpiece takes the cake. If I did top 5
Spitfire
P-40
FW-190
P-38
Hawker Hurricane

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

And what about Hawker Tempest V?

 

[flyr956]

Corsair/Constellation

 

[jmcalli2]

Beautiful means, not about performance, only about looking good. Please choice only one aircraft you think beautiful.

I vote to Bf109. I think it has sharpe shape and beautility.8)8)


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My vote goes to the Lockheed C-69.

 

[Ascent]

And what about Hawker Tempest V?View attachment 586867View attachment 586868

To my mind more brutal than beautiful.

 

[Mad Dog]

Beautiful means, not about performance, only about looking good. Please choice only one aircraft you think beautiful.

I vote to Bf109. I think it has sharpe shape and beautility.8)8)


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What? The lumpy 109? Surely not! Try comparing it to the ultra-smooth Hawker Tempest V. All the beauty of the Spitfire's elliptical wing with the added handsome profile and slippery shape. I say "Pfft" at your 109!

 

[wuzak]

The Cat is a beautiful aircraft, but the Dornier Do 24 is much sexier...

And the Dornier Do 26 was even sexier (IMO)

Dornier Do 26 - Wikipedia

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

And the Dornier Do 26 was even sexier (IMO)

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Dornier Do 26 - Wikipedia

It was a beautiful aircraft too.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

What? The lumpy 109? Surely not! Try comparing it to the ultra-smooth Hawker Tempest V. All the beauty of the Spitfire's elliptical wing with the added handsome profile and slippery shape. I say "Pfft" at your 109!

I agree with him on 109. It was a very beautiful aircraft that looked mean and like it was meant for war. The Tempest looked like an unwanted stepchild...pfft.