Purtiest Aircraft of WW2

[Smokey]

What do you think are the nicest looking aircraft of WW2, including prototypes? Here are a few:

Mitsubishi Ki 46 III Dinah

http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/japan/mitsubishi_ki_46

A memory aid was used that paid tribute to the streamlined appearance of the Ki-46: " DINAH with the fine linah".

Messerschmitt Me 262

http://www.stormbirds.com/project/gallery/gallery_2005_1.htm

Heinkel He 111

http://www.studenten.net/customasp/axl/picture.asp?cat_id=10&ple_id=158&page=3&pte_id=4709

Supermarine Spitfire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire

 

[cheddar cheese]

My Opinions.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

The -29, Re-2005, and the -190D

 

[cheddar cheese]

How the hell did I forget the 190D!

 

[plan_D]

These are the best looking in my opinion -

 

[Nonskimmer]

Anything with a maple leaf on it.

Ok, ok, that's getting really old now.



(But it's true. )

 

[plan_D]

Like this?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Cool! A Canuck Cat! I bet they're looking for lost Newfees!

 

[Nonskimmer]

Newfs don't get lost, they just wind up in Nova Scotia.

...or Toronto.

 

[Wildcat]

Here are mine.

 

[trackend]

Do away with the camo and for me it is a work of art

 

[Smokey]

Nice

More:

De Havilland DH-91 Albatross, ancestor of the DH-98 Mosquito

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/dehavilland_mosquito.htm
http://www.fronta.cz/index.php?clanek=192

Lockheed Constellation

http://www.conniepictures.ch/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=20
http://www.ruudleeuw.com/connie-nl.htm

Bugatti Model 100 Racer

Ryan PT-22 Recruit

http://www.warbirdalley.com/pt22.htm
http://www.airbum.com/pireps/PirepPT-22.html

Curtiss AT-9 Jeep

http://www.daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/aircraft/at-9.htm

Polikarpov I-16

http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/aircraft/i16.htm

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Nice stuff Wildcat! I'd have to disagree with the Boomerang being considered a "Purty Aircraft." The Boomerang, well it looks like a Boomerang!

 

[SM79Sparviero]

Reggiane Re2005 Sagittario

 

[Gnomey]

Here are mine:
All photos from http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~wingman/

 

[mosquitoman]

The most beautiful aircraft of all time:

 

[wmaxt]

I guess my picks are at least today.

1st - B-29
Spitfire
P-51
Tiger Cat
Mossie

Planes like the P-38, F4U, Catalina, Fw-190 were cool in their own right but not so much purty.

wmaxt

 

[Smokey]

Grumman F7F Tigercat

http://www.military.cz/usa/air/war/fighter/f7f/f7f_en.htm

 

[Wildcat]

Nice stuff Wildcat! I'd have to disagree with the Boomerang being considered a "Purty Aircraft." The Boomerang, well it looks like a Boomerang!

Ah well each to their own I love the old Boomer, I reakon it has that classic look of a late 1930's radial engined fighter plane. Ya just gotta love it!

 

[cheddar cheese]

Smokey, where is your logis in selecting the AT-9? Its hideous The I-16 isnt much of a looker either...