What Was the worst Aircraft of WWII?

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and the swordfish wasn't a WWI plane at all, and to give you some idea of the skill involved, at some points they were flying so low that the AA guns COULDN'T be depressed far enough to hit them, and no planes were lost during the attack, however 4 chrased on landing...................

 

[lesofprimus]

And is one of the best lessons in what Aircover can prevent in Maritime situations...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

a single 109 could have taken down all the stringbags, assuming it had enough ammo and fuel......................

 

[lesofprimus]

Would the attack have happened if the Brits knew there was going to be fighter opposition??? Sacrifice a few men to destroy a BB???

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i doubt it, that's not our style, we would wait for another opertunity..............

 

[lesofprimus]

Not many oppourtunities like that come along tho....

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

if we were worried about fighters we'd wait for it to come into rane of land based beauforts or beaufighters..........................

 

[lesofprimus]

k...

 

[Lightning Guy]

The FAA tried to use Swordfish to oppose the Channel Dash with zero success.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Well, what do you expect, even their Spitfire escorts got mauled by Dolfo's gang of 109's and 190's!

 

[plan_D]

109s and 190s both being very good aircraft, so you can't blame the Spitfires for having a hard time.

 

[Lightning Guy]

I think the point was, in the face of fighter oposition, the Swordfish wasn't nearly as effective.

 

[plan_D]

We all know that, so it was in effect a pointless point

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

what do you expect, even their Spitfire escorts got mauled by Dolfo's gang of 109's and 190's!

that's becuase the spits were flying as escort, when you have to stick to whatever it is you're escorting you loose everything important in winning a dogfight, just look at the 109s that had to stick to the bombers during the BoB...................

 

[plan_D]

The 109s were in a stupid escort position on their escorts, they couldn't save the bombers. On top of that, Spitfires are better.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah....

 

[Lightning Guy]

The idea behind the close escort the 109s flew during the BoB (and that the 8th AF used initially) was that you forced the enemy fighters to fly through your fighters to get to your bombers. However, it also prevented your fighters from acting agressively as they were shields and not swords.

 

[plan_D]

Thank you, for pointing out the obvious. The dogfights happened around the bomber formations so the bombers were still in the firing line. Have you got any idea why the 8th AF did it, even though the Germans had failed so horribly?

GrG, the Spitfire was better than the 109. It's like the nice curves were better than the flat.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

It's like the nice curves were better than the flat

not with most stealth aircraft 8)....................

 

[plan_D]

I was refering to the Spitfire and 109, along with women. It must have flew straight over you.