Most Unattractive Aircraft of WW2

Glider · Aug 2, 2018

We often talk about the best of something or the worst but how about the most unattractive aircraft of WW2. I must emphasise we are talking about looks.

I know that there are some good French contenders but I will go with my personal choice the Barracuda.

Ascent · Aug 3, 2018

As you mentioned the French, here is the Amiot 143. Not a great looker for sure.

GregP · Aug 3, 2018

I'll go with the LWS-6 (PZL.30 Zubr).

No performance to speak of, ugly beyond belief, and had a useful life of only several missions, including training. The few survivors ended up as airfield decoys to be destroyed in attacks in lieu of useful aircraft.

Has a face that makes a train want to take a dirt road on a rainy night. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration. OK, uglier than a Barracuda.

swampyankee · Aug 3, 2018

Leaving out the French heavy bombers, which just about make my eyes bleed, some other "winners" in the ugly category would include:

US -- B-18
Britain -- Roc
Germany -- Ju87
Soviet -- TB-3

As soon as my eyes stop bleeding, I'm going to walk my dog.

Milosh · Aug 4, 2018

Not WW2 but the French continued with ugly planes post war.

GregP · Aug 4, 2018

Ah Milosh, the MS1500 is positively cute compared with many other French planes.

Here are a very few that come to mind:

1) SNCAC NC.1071.

2) Latecoere Late L.570.

3) Loire-Nieuport LN-10.

But, your choice isn't bad, as ugly planes go.

swampyankee · Aug 4, 2018

Oh, everybody had ugly planes, and quite a few handsome planes were pieces of crap (XF-87, anyone?)

Nobody could, realistically, call the Westland Lysander, Northrop Raider, Grumman Hawkeye and Tracker, Fairey Gannet, or Martin Marlin "pretty."

Ascent · Aug 4, 2018

Personally I'd call the Westland Lysander rugged, certainly not ugly.

Ascent · Aug 4, 2018

How about the Potez 63. 11? Unusual looking certainly, what about ugly?

DerAdlerIstGelandet · Aug 4, 2018

swampyankee said:
Oh, everybody had ugly planes, and quite a few handsome planes were pieces of crap (XF-87, anyone?)

Nobody could, realistically, call the Westland Lysander, Northrop Raider, Grumman Hawkeye and Tracker, Fairey Gannet, or Martin Marlin "pretty."

What is so ugly about the Hawkeye?

fubar57 · Aug 4, 2018

......and why is it in a WW2 thread?

DerAdlerIstGelandet · Aug 4, 2018

I think I have to go with the PZL.30/LWS.6.

fubar57 · Aug 4, 2018

Farman F-222

swampyankee · Aug 4, 2018

fubar57 said:
......and why is it in a WW2 thread?

For the same reason as post-WW2 French aircraft

DerAdlerIstGelandet said:
What is so ugly about the Hawkeye?

I didn't say it was ugly; I said it wasn't pretty. And why?
All those excrescences, the antenna, the plethora of tails (which is more noticeable on the C-2)

fubar57 · Aug 4, 2018

Westland P.12 Wendover, looks like a Lysander backed into a Lancaster

from the WEB

swampyankee · Aug 4, 2018

DerAdlerIstGelandet said:
I think I have to go with the PZL.30/LWS.6.

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Were there expatriate Farman designers working in Poland?

buffnut453 · Aug 4, 2018

When a Daddy Lancaster and a Mummy Lysander love each other very, very much...

GrauGeist · Aug 4, 2018

How about the Arsenal-Delanne 10? (yes, it's French)

What's truly amazing, is that the Germans actually took the time to evaluate it...

DerAdlerIstGelandet · Aug 4, 2018

swampyankee said:
Were there expatriate Farman designers working in Poland?

It would make sense...lol

DerAdlerIstGelandet · Aug 4, 2018

swampyankee said:
For the same reason as post-WW2 French aircraft

I didn't say it was ugly; I said it wasn't pretty. And why?
All those excrescences, the antenna, the plethora of tails (which is more noticeable on the C-2)

I agree about the C-2, but I think the Hawkeye looks pretty neat.

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