What was the worst Aircraft of WWII?

[bronzewhaler82]

Did the Serbs build any planes during WW2

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

or the Irish?

 

[bronzewhaler82]

The Irish just flew ours (Hurricanes,Gladiators, Spitfires etc)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah, there's a book advertised in Flypast celebrating the 100th aniversary of "the irish flying corps" me and C.C. were kinda baffled by it.........................

 

[cheddar cheese]

we sure were

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

before now i never realised how much stuff you can get on ebay (that wasn't a free plug for the site.......)

 

[bronzewhaler82]

yeah, there's a book advertised in Flypast celebrating the 100th aniversary of "the irish flying corps" me and C.C. were kinda baffled by it.........................

Have you heard the one about the Irish Kamikaze Pilot?


Flew 28 missions

 

[cheddar cheese]

 

[jj1982]

Bronze.....i seem to recollect recieving a message from you advising me to lay off the americans....now it appears that you have completly gone against what you mentioned to me and insulted Americans, french, cornish, welsh and now the irish! And you have the cheek to accuse me of being nationalist/racist?? Sort it out mate!

 

[bronzewhaler82]

Theres no cheek involved mate...i don't recall ever having a pop at the Welsh...i make glancing blows at the French and the Yanks cos lets face it - they're very easy targets and theres only one frenchman on this site and hes my mate so we don't worry..
besides my abuse is very subtle and lighthearted...you wouldn't know subtle if you were hit by a huge train with the word 'subtle' painted on it with big red letters



difference between me and you? you go over the top, i stay under it

 

[jj1982]

i shall to choose to ignore your insults! I Shall Resist (well for at least a minute or two)

 

[bronzewhaler82]

Oh you mean give yourself a few hours to think up a good comeback? ...don't worry mate...i'll wait patiently...hope its a good one

 

[cheddar cheese]

uh oh, i knew i shouldnt have left you 2 bickering.....

 

[jj1982]

Back to the subject in hand......

I am unsure about how to justify the worst aircraft but one that does come to mind is the Manchester. I understand it to be a good enough aircraft, but the engines were rather unstable...to the point of just randomly catching fire. I cant really add much more as my knowledge doesnt stretch much further and i reallyt cant be arsed at the moment to go look it up...I am sure there are many bad aircraft...it just depends on how you catogerise them....Is it a bad aircraft because it has no speed, or because it is unreliable, or because it cant carry much arms, it may not have much distance. I really dont know!

 

[bronzewhaler82]

The Avro Manchester WAS the Avro Lancaster (technically)- the only real difference was the Engines! once they got rid of the Crappy twin Vulture setup and put four decent rolls royce engines on it it became one of the best bombers in the war - not really fair to call it the crappiest...i don't even really consider it a bomber in its own right - it never saw much service (if any at all - not sure) and once its engines where changed it was a fantastic plane and called the Lancaster...i just refer to the Manchester as the prototype for the Lancaster! 8)

 

[cheddar cheese]

i like to think that avro were just experimenting with external combustion engines on the manchester - it wasnt that bad, not worst aircraft of the war anyway 8) the stuka gets my vote for that

 

[jj1982]

i'm not saying it wasn't. We all know i think and can acknowledge that the lanc was a good plane.

 

[cheddar cheese]

yes it was good. ugly, but good 8)

 

[bronzewhaler82]

i'm not saying it wasn't. We all know i think and can acknowledge that the lanc was a good plane.

'Good' is an understatement - it was groundbreaking...literally!

 

[cheddar cheese]

bit weak in the armour department, but great everywhere else 8) (cept looks)