The planes of the Royal Airfoce.

• Jul 15, 2006

• #21

Concorde247

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Hi Guys.

It has to be the spitfire for me too,

but What would be your preferences from the others mentioned? e.g typhoon Tempest Westland Whirlwind?

 

• Jul 16, 2006

• #22

the lancaster kicks ass

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Chesire used a Mustang to mark the target for 617 Sqdn. when leading them.

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he did however also use mossies and lancs, he was quite a remarkable not only in terms of bravery but skill as well...........

and as for the others it's tough as they're slightly different time periods, tiffy gets the ground attack, tempest gets the fighter and whirlybird the fighter bomber role i guess.......

 

• Jul 18, 2006

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• #23

SpitfireKing

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I'm not sure. The Typhoon maybe, I don't much about those planes.

 

• Jul 18, 2006

• #24

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Out of those it would have to be the Tempest for me

 

• Jul 19, 2006

• #25

Marshall_Stack

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The Mustang will still be flying while the Spitfire has to land to refuel.

 

• Jul 19, 2006

• #26

mosquitoman

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Yes, but by that time the Mustang will be a smoking wreckage in a field

 

• Jul 19, 2006

• #27

Marshall_Stack

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Laying right next to the Mosquito eaten away by termites.

 

• Jul 20, 2006

• #28

the lancaster kicks ass

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ah-hem, the yanks used both the spit and mossie before you bash them too much

 

• Jul 20, 2006

• #29

Marshall_Stack

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Actually, I like all of the Brit fighters (except maybe that Bolten-Paul Defiant). It just would have been great if the Spit had greater range to protect the American Heavies further into Germany. Not that it's the Brits responsibility, more of AAF shortsightedness thinking the Heavies could protect themselves.

Apart from being one of the greatest fighters, the Spit hands down wins for aesthetics.

 

• Jul 21, 2006

• #30

the lancaster kicks ass

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that's much better and remember the RAF protected you guys a bit when you were all forming up.........

 

• Jul 23, 2006

• #31

Aggie08

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I somewhat liked the bolton paul. They say it wasn't a bad fighter apart from the fact that it had no forward firing guns- it was speedy, manouverable, good this and that. If they had thought to put 2 or four .303s in the wings to make sure no one lined up for an easy kill I think it may have done much better.

 

• Jul 23, 2006

• #32

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but think of the extra weight she was a bit of a whale as it was, and the whole idea of a turret fighter was to releive the pilot of having to fight as well as fly, i do agree with you however something forward firing was needed............

 

• Jul 23, 2006

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That it was. Early on though 109's mistook them for Hurricanes and had a nasty surprise when they lined up for an attack from behind only to be met with a load of fire from the 4 303's in the turret.

 

• Jul 23, 2006

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tomsong3320

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Does this include the meteor? Typhoon at low level.Beaufighter at high.

 

• Jul 24, 2006

• #35

the lancaster kicks ass

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i think we're excluding the Meteor as she never engaged in air-to-air during the war.........

 

• May 5, 2007

• #36

Maharg

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Spitfire.

 

• May 5, 2007

• #37

ndicki

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OK, Spitfire - but which mark? For pure air-air, I'd go for the MkXIVe with the RR Griffon engine and two-stage compressor - BEAUTIFUL! Lines and performance.

Doing anything other than air-air with a Spit is sacrilege, so I won't even mention it.

 

• May 5, 2007

• #38

Heinz

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Geez.............Here I go an original post of the 'spitfire'

 

• May 6, 2007

• #39

Sgt. Pappy

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I'd prefer the Spitfire LF Mk.IX for dogfights and whatnot.

I feel that the extra weight associated to the torque-happy Mk.XIV somewhat downgrades the docility of the name: Spitfire. Plus the Spitfire LF IX's were known to carry a lot of fuel and a good bit of bombs later in the war but the XIV was really (IMO) a Spitfire trying to be a Mustang.

 

• May 7, 2007

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I have to point out that Spitfires escorted over France, Holland and Belgium that includes escort for the U.S 8th and 9th, as well as Bomber Command Groups.