The best biplane fighter of the war

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Alot of the smaller countries in the war were still employing biplanes. And the Brits had the Gladiator, Germany had the Hs 123, Russia had the I-15 family, and I'm not sure but America may have still had a few F3Fs in service when the war started.
 
I've been giving some more thought to this and think that the CR.42 Falco deserves a second look. From what I have seen, it was faster than either the Gladiator or the I-153 and may have been the best biplane fighter of the war. Ah, at last an Italian plane takes a title.
 
swordfish wasnt a fighter but it was one of the only biplanes that had a role. torpedoing the Bizmark allowing the navy to zero in on it
 
welcome to the site SKIBC, and you're right in saying that, i believe i've mentioned that before, the general feeling in thsi thread is that the title of best bi-plane fighter was the Glostor Gladiator..............................
 
I'm not so sure of that anymore. The CR.42 was faster than the Gladiator and I prefer to armament of two 12.7mm weapons over 4 .303s.
 
Well, the I-153 used by the Soviet's would probably be in the running, but I consider it inferior to either the Gladiator or the CR.42.
 

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