What Was the worst Aircraft of WWII?

[cheddar cheese]

Nah the Roc...

 

[Archangel]

im not shure if its the worst, but the Messersmidt Me-163 was/is really bad... half the planes exploded on the ground while rfueling,.. and yes.. the pilot what on board then >.<
and it had only for about 4 minutes fuel. and with only a few shots, they blew up in the air.

ok, its a damn good looking aircraft. fast to... but at these risks ? i wouldnt like to fly that one in real life >.<

 

[evangilder]

Good point. How many poor suckers...er, pilots were vaporized by a fuel leak I don't know, but I did see a special on the Me-163 a while back on the Discovery Channel. It took some real bravado to get into that thing and fly it into combat! Thte fuel was extremely volatile, but when it worked, it was pretty amazing, especially considering it was 1945!

 

[cheddar cheese]

I agree. the Komet was a dreadful aircraft. An interesting concept nonetheless.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it's all the more interesting that it was advanced and crap, most crap planes were old and crap................

 

[wmaxt]

Only slightly off track - A Finnish Brewster Buffalo has been recovered from a lake in fair condition and will be refurbished.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

glad to hear it.............

 

[cheddar cheese]

Me too, the B-239 is one of my favourite planes...Not many of em got shot down so to unearth one in a lake is a real good find.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but why is it all wrecks are found in lakes in norway??

 

[cheddar cheese]

Why would a Finnish plane be in Norway...Its probably southern Finland or one of the eastern block countries...Estonia or something...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

at a guess it was shot down over norway.......

 

[cheddar cheese]

Why...Norway is nowhere near Russia really...

 

[Nonskimmer]

Do you have a map close by?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

why does it have to be near russia??

 

[Medvedya]

The lakes in Norway are deep, clean and cold. Things stay nicely preserved down in those fjords.

 

[Nonskimmer]

It does border Finland.

 

[wmaxt]

It was found in a lake in the Karelyia region near the Finnish border. The tires made in Finnland were still inflated! The reason they find so many planes there is that cold fresh water (especialy if it's just a little acidic) preserves aircraft the best. In lake Taho a high mountain lake on the borders of Nevada and California a B-25 was found that was in such good condition the skelotins of the pilots were still in their seats after 40 years.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Only in a small area, its more Sweden that borders Finland, is it not?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and CC i take it you know that the finnish flew their buffalos in combat with the norwegians over norway??

 

[wmaxt]

Only in a small area, its more Sweden that borders Finland, is it not?

I think so but part of the Russian/Russian satelite contries (Lithuania?) do to.

I would have to get a map out to know for sure, my knowledge of that area is cursuery and some of the names may have changed recently after the breakup of the USSR.