What was the worst Aircraft of WWII?

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JJ1982....rubbing people up the wrong way again...how do you do it?

In his defence however Germans....theres no way the Nazis had the best planes - The US and Britain had the best - of that there is no doubt

The Mosquito, Spitfire and Mustang where the finest planes built during that period - the Germans did make some excellent aircraft but to say they were the best is extremely arguable...which is why i'm arguing
 
too right bronze, although i must say i do like the Ju88 nightfighter! (Better than the Mozzie!)
 
the lancaster kicks ass said:
The Mosquito, Spitfire and Mustang where the finest planes built during that period
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you've forgotten the lancaster..................
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Yeah sorry - i was thinking along the lines of fighters at the time - a job which the Ju88 could only do at night (unless it wanted to get shot down - typical sneaky Germans!)
 
Don't look too shocked its true the Ju88 wasn't a great fighter unless it could sneak up with radar and shoot enemies down from behind quickly with cannons

 
The Defiant was an innovative concept that unfortunately did not fair well when engaged in it's designed role. Somewhat effective against heavier fighters like the Bf/Me 110 and bombers, the Defiant proved vulnerable to lighter single engined fighters like the Bf 109E. Large numbers of this type were shot down over France during the initial stages of WWII.
The aircraft itself was clean and pleasant to fly and adapted well to it's new role as a nightfighter in 1940-41. Others were used as target tugs and in the Air-Sea rescue units in Britain, Middle East and Far East.
Perhaps this is a case of an aircraft that looked good on paper but not so good once put together... A big problem was that when the first prototype was flown, the rear guns were not ready to be put on so they were faired over.. Of course this could have a big effect on the way it handled.
 
Hes talking about the British Boulton Paul Defiant fighter - it was designed with a chassis similar to the Hurricane with a large cumbersome turret attached to the rear with 4 .303 browning machine guns - it had no forward firing machine guns and the turret was designed to protect the aircraft when it came under attack -at first it actually shot down quite a few Me109s and suffered no losses but only because the Luftwaffe had never seen this class of aircraft before and mistook it for a Hurricane!

After they realsied what it was and that it had a nasty turret on the back with four very large guns they either attacked the Defiant Head on or from below and the fighter was defenceless - it was also very slow because of the heavy turret that was designed for use in heavy bombers (like the Lancaster or Halifax) and weighed and absolute tonne No, the french never shot them down!

It was used as a nightfighter after that (your fav JJ!) and had quite a bit of success - but ony a bit

As bad as it was JJ i still don't think it should be voted the worst aircraft of WW2

I still think that title belongs to the Amiot 143 ( French plane!)

 
I wasn't trying to shoot you down at all - you made some excellent points I just disagree thats all

Check out the Amiot 143 and you'll see what i mean!

P.S I like your new signature picture!

do you know what mine is?
 
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