The Forum's Favorite WW2 Aircraft?

Snautzer01 · Jul 19, 2021

I demand the LWS-6 Żubr. Only plane that kept the P-39 abay. The most heavy bomber to go to the end of the field and stay there. Ceiling of minus 2 and on full power just a tad slower then an ox cart. Turn radius is still secret as they never tried it.
Guns were not included as not even the germans wanted to shoot it down.. one took off to bomb Berlin and took down flight 19 a few years later. So yes. Thats the one.

FLYBOYJ · Jul 19, 2021

pops-paolo said:
im not really talking about the L I'm taken about the G as you know Italy never had a lot of modifications templates like other countries

Yep - even the P-38G. Still faster, better roll rate, climbed faster and had a better service ceiling.

SaparotRob · Jul 19, 2021

Snautzer01 said:
I demand the LWS-6 Żubr. Only plane that kept the P-39 abay. The most heavy bomber to go to the end of the field and stay there. Ceiling of minus 2 and on full power just a tad slower then an ox cart. Turn radius is still secret as they never tried it.
Guns were not included as not even the germans wanted to shoot it down.. one took off to bomb Berlin and took down flight 19 a few years later. So yes. Thats the one.

What is the proper pronunciation of Zubr in English? I think that might be the only fact I haven't read about it.

pops-paolo · Jul 19, 2021

1940s Girl said:
Well... yes. I think so, but he likes it so that's all that matters! Through the eyes of the beholder who loves something, it will always be beautiful. I love my huge F7F Tigercat, but it really isn't all that pretty. I think it looks wonderful because I have been researching it so much, and feel like I was almost involved in the making of it.
(P.S. I love your statement below your name. I 100% agree!!! It's one of my dearest dreams to visit England. I have read, watched, and studied all about England, and I really do feel as if I have already been there. Lovely country, don't you know?)

lamo u dumb i mean not smart (im sorry mods i had to) i hate england i wanted italy to win i guess you never met me..,

FLYBOYJ · Jul 19, 2021

pops-paolo said:
lamo u dumb i mean not smart (im sorry mods i had to) i hate england i wanted italy to win i guess you never met me..,

I'm sorry too, evidently you're too stupid to listen to warnings. Enjoy cyberspace!

FLYBOYJ · Jul 19, 2021

1940s Girl, welcome to the forum and excuse the rudeness of out little friend, after several warnings he will no longer be with us.

GrauGeist · Jul 19, 2021

Thanks Joe!

DerAdlerIstGelandet · Jul 19, 2021

pops-paolo said:
lamo u dumb i mean not smart (im sorry mods i had to) i hate england i wanted italy to win i guess you never met me..,

And you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Snautzer01 · Jul 20, 2021

SaparotRob said:
What is the proper pronunciation of Zubr in English? I think that might be the only fact I haven't read about it.

Zubr uitspraak in Pools

Hoe om te zeggen zubr in het Pools? Uitspraak van zubr met 2 audio-uitspraak, 1 betekenis, 3 vertalingen, en nog veel meer voor zubr.

nl.howtopronounce.com

soulezoo · Jul 20, 2021

Controversy is a constant. Even on aircraft where quite a lot is known. Things published as fact way back in the day have been refuted as original source documents get discovered or finally released. It can get pretty tangled in the details.

Whatever you do, don't go down the P-39 groundhog hole.

Edited to add, there are some really wonderful, super knowledgeable folks here. Give us some time, I think you'll like it!

DerAdlerIstGelandet · Jul 20, 2021

pops-paolo said:
lamo u dumb i mean not smart (im sorry mods i had to) i hate england i wanted italy to win i guess you never met me..,

Since we know you are lurking pops-paolo...

Well done. A new member of this forum requested their account be deleted thanks to your immaturity, disrespect, and behavior.

Stop trying to create new accounts. You are not welcome here.

at6 · Jul 20, 2021

DerAdlerIstGelandet said:
Since we know you are lurking pops-paolo...

Well done. A new member of this forum requested their account be deleted thanks to your immaturity, disrespect, and behavior.

Stop trying to create new accounts. You are not welcome here.

Adler, I agree with your decision. We respectfully disagree with each other in this forum but we never cross the line by making personal attacks on other members. Most of us have never met in person yet we are still friends here and such disrespect to one is disrespectful to all us.

soulezoo · Jul 21, 2021

Well darn. I am saddened to see 40's girl go. Hard to blame her.

Snautzer01 · Jul 21, 2021

Perhaps a bit more oephh. I do not like everybody hiding under a stone for some kid. If one writes about any, any ww2 bird one will get flak. P-39 anybody? So if you leave this board, oohh lordy once you have written the article the big guns will come out. And shred you if the colour is wrong, or the performance table you used is shiet.. Now we take all here. All gender, color, age even modellers. Everybody can be a member but just behave. He did not and was thrown out. A kid.
So if you are writing a piece it will be shaved, touched and weighed. By armstole generals, real life pilots, fighting grade pilots, and a lot of people that books in rows, one would have to see to believe.
If one leaves for one... it will not show very well if one is writing books instead of lines in a thread now does it?

Marcel · Jul 21, 2021

Snautzer01 said:
Perhaps a bit more oephh. I do not like everybody hiding under a stone for some kid. If one writes about any, any ww2 bird one will get flak. P-39 anybody? So if you leave this board, oohh lordy once you have written the article the big guns will come out. And shred you if the colour is wrong, or the performance table you used is shiet.. Now we take all here. All gender, color, age even modellers. Everybody can be a member but just behave. He did not and was thrown out. A kid.
So if you are writing a piece it will be shaved, touched and weighed. By armstole generals, real life pilots, fighting grade pilots, and a lot of people that books in rows, one would have to see to believe.
If one leaves for one... it will not show very well if one is writing books instead of lines in a thread now does it?

Hmm I don't think it's necessary to judge someone else's action here. Especially since you don't know what is behind the urge to leave. People can do what they feel comfortable with as long as they don't bother others. If she wants to leave, by all means, she has the right to do so. I don't think she needs your advice on that. Please move along now, people.

Snautzer01 · Jul 21, 2021

Marcel said:
Hmm I don't think it's necessary to judge someone else's action here. Especially since you don't know what is behind the urge to leave. People can do what they feel comfortable with as long as they don't bother others. If she wants to leave, by all means, she has the right to do so. I don't think she needs your advice on that. Please move along now, people.

I do,
You do know how authors are recieved in this neck on the woods? Not this board but subject wise. Goolly... inquasition light more likely.
Nobody needs my advice, most adults dont. However i have seen this before.
And no i do not move along just for the sake of a kid or a wannabee writer. Did he/she have prior writings? Should one lie down and wiggle the tail just because perhaps a writer or ohh dear god a female writer on the suject?
Think not. Buckle up
But never mind both are gone it seems

Now you can say move along.

Marcel · Jul 21, 2021

Snautzer01 said:
I do,
You do know how authors are recieved in this neck on the woods? Not this board but subject wise. Goolly... inquasition light more likely.
Nobody needs my advice, most adults dont. However i have seen this before.
And no i do not move along just for the sake of a kid or a wannabee writer. Did he/she have prior writings? Should one lie down and wiggle the tail just because perhaps a writer or ohh dear god a female writer on the suject?
Think not. Buckle up
But never mind both are gone it seems

Now you can say move along.

What did you not understand? What do you want to achieve writing your opinion like this? She won't read it. And as far as I know, nobody here fits your description of a 'wannabe writer' and nobody asked your opinion. You don't know what her reason was to react like this. so you don't even have a point anyway. I suggest you keep your opinion here to yourself. Do I make myself clear?

And now this topic is really closed.

Snautzer01 · Jul 21, 2021

I am baffled.

SaparotRob · Jul 21, 2021

I voted for my actual favorite. The B-17. I am especially fond of the shark tails.

Thumpalumpacus · Jul 21, 2021

Having moderated at another forum a while back, I can only say that a member who chases off another member, new or old, would get my attention.

Having seen the post I think chased her off, it was one that were I a mod would've gotten at the least an informal warning to "check yourself". New blood is the lifeblood of any forum and unless the new blood is itself toxic, it should be allowed.

In short, I agree that there's no need to get personal when in a forum about what is essentially history in the abstract. Anyone injecting personal feelings into such a millieu is probably not helping the community as a whole. While it's sad he wrote himself out of the conversation, I agree with the staff that he brought this upon himself.

When I was assigned to rewrite the rules for that forum I helped moderate, my first rule was "don't be a d**k". Paolo broke that so far as I'm concerned, and staff action is to me justified.

The Forum's Favorite WW2 Aircraft?

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Grumman F4F Wildcat

Boeing P-26 Peashooter

Curtis P-36 Hawk

Lockheed P-38 Lightning

Bell P-39 Airacobra

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Douglas SBD Dauntless

Douglas A-20 Havoc

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

North American B-25 Mitchell

TBD Devastator

Martin PBM Mariner

Lockheed Hudson

Consolidated PBY Catalina

Vought OS2U Kingfisher

North American T-6 Texan

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Douglas A-26 Invader

Boeing B-29 Super Fortress

Consolidated B-32 Dominator

Grumman F6F Hellcat

Chance Vought F4U Corsair

Northrop P-61 Black Widow

Bell P-63 Kingcobra

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

Taylorcraft L-2 Grasshopper

Douglas C-54 Skymaster

Sikorsky R-4

Avia B-135

Avia B.534

Amiot 143

Amiot 354

Bloch MB.131

Bloch MB.210

Bloch MB.200

Breguet 693

Lioré et Olivier LeO 45

Potez 630

Potez 540

Bloch MB.150

Caudron C.714

Dewoitine D.520

Morane-Saulnier M.S.406

Morane-Saulnier MS.230

Henschel Hs 123

Henschel Hs 129

Dornier Do 17

Dornier Do 215

Heinkel He 111

Heinkel He 115

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka

Junkers Ju 88

Focke-Wulf Fw 190

Messerschmitt Bf 109

Messerschmitt Bf 110

Dornier Do 18

Dornier Do 24

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor

Arado Ar 196

Blohm Voss BV 141

Blohm Voss BV 138

Focke-Wulf Fw 189

Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister

Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann

Junkers Ju 52

Junkers Ju 90

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun

Arado Ar 234 Blitz

Dornier Do 217

Heinkel He 177 Greif

Junkers Ju 188

Junkers Ju 288