The Best Biplane Fighter of WW2

Best Biplane Fighter of WW2?

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Although I could admit, the Stringbag was the best Bi-plane bomber of WW2,

Does anyone have a problem with that title "The best bi-plane bomber of WW2?" I mean, its like having a thread, "Best Tugboat of the Amercian Civil War" or "Best Barrage Balloon of the Korean war." To me it just don't sound right!
 
I'm going for the Russian Po-2/U-2VS. That or the Stringbag. Po-2 was the most manufactered plane ever I think, with about 40,000 made.

I still go for the Cr 42 for fighter
 
Random Hs-123 stats.





http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/hs123.html
Damn fine plane.
 
ah, now you've started using catagories, we're simply classing all non-fighters as "non- fighters", so range should be quite important, and what you just said is like saying "the defiant was a turret fighter and so it's perfectly acceptable that it had no forward facing armourment and so was decimated in front on attacks..........
 
The proof of the pudding is in the eating and the Stringbag proved it was the best biplane of WW2 by a mile U-boat sinkings 14. ASW assisted sinkings 15 . 830 Squadron from Hal Far May-Nov 1940 110,000 tons sunk 130,000 tons damaged and in combined ops with other squadrons by 1942 a further 400,000 tons sunk. Bomba 22-23 Aug 1 Destroyer,2 Italian subs and 1 depot ship sunk by three Eagle based Swordfish (only time three torpedoes sank 4 ships in the Med) + Taranto + Bismark + Artic convoy ASW + Escort carrier service, ect,ect
They also where one of the few carrier based planes to be able to take off unassisted while the carrier was moored although very hairy it was later made a requirement to have at least 8 knots over the deck.
Even many of the more modern mono planes that flew in WW2 never obtained a record close to that of the Stringbag.
Im still trying to get exact (as near a possible) Figures on total number of kills but the FAA museum archives have a 1 year waiting list. but I shall get there in the end.
 
The only possible contender to the Swordfish dare I say it, would be the Walrus.
It did a valuable non glamorous job well, from the start to practically the end of the war. I guarantee for sure, that any pilot from any nation picked up by one, would vote for it.
 
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