The Greatest Fighter Pilot in WW II???

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i believa we have a armed recon. vehicle called the warrier, the same type of thing as the scorpion and it's family....................

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

There are many pilots from World War 2 that you can call the greatest. But when you take into account that young pilot had very little training and was flying for a lost cause, Eric Hartman is by far the greatest.

 

[cheddar cheese]

I dont think you can qualify the case for greatest pilot on statistics. There could have been several pilots that would have been phenomenal, but were lost on one of their first sorties due to a trivial matter such as plane failure.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i think everyone that flew was pretty great, it took allot of guts..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yup, and in some cases it literally took a lot of guts...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That is very true. All the pilots of World War 2 were great pilots in one way or another. Especially because they would dare to get into the cockpit.

 

[lesofprimus]

The other things u have to take into account when cosidering the best is:

Quality of opposition
Quality of ur aircraft
Comparisons between the 2

There were many great German pilots, and many great American and British pilots.....

But Russian pilots had the whole deck stacked against them.... The 2nd leading Soviet Ace flew a damn Aircobra for christsakes.... Against -190's and -109's.... Thats insane, and proves that having 300 kills over some poor, uneducated Russian farm boys flying crap planes who havent even started shaving is not all that impressive...

Get 300 kills in Europe and Ill be impressed to no end....

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i'd be happy with 5

 

[cheddar cheese]

Dude id be happy with just surviving...kills are just a bonus

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Very true to all of you.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah but you gotta aim high CC................

 

[cheddar cheese]

No, if you aim low you have more to succeed in, therefore you feel happier because you have far surpassed your target. If you aim high, you have a lot to live up to and even if you acheive that goal you have few targets to set yourself

 

[lesofprimus]

That sounds like the Life Mantra of a Homeless Ditch Digger who wears Boots 2 sizes too small.....

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nope my size 12's fit me fine...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and i'd love to be a ditch digger, i love plant machines..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yeah...and there isnt anything bad about being homeless, i believe there is a whole race who live like this...I like to call them Brummies

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ah brummies, that brings back memories of our old friend sagaris, will he be coming back anytime CC??

 

[lesofprimus]

and there isnt anything bad about being homeless

U must be outta ur damn mind boy...... U try being a homeless bum and see if u find anything Bad about it..... Im sure the list will top ur favorite 5 planes list....

And as a ditch digger, ud be usin a hand-held shovel to dig them ditches....

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

that wudn't be a problem, i've spent entire days digging before............

 

[lesofprimus]

Not something u wanna do for a living dude.....