What was the worst Aircraft of WWII?

[the lancaster kicks ass]

no, i was just worried about you, that's all................................

 

[ahanswurst]

The 162 Salamander was a first rate design. If the Allies had not destroyed their source of the special glue needed to keep the 162 together we might be speaking German today. THe German War machine had some excellent aircraft engineers and if their High command had not made so many bad decisions on the use of the Me-262 and the other jet powered aircraft they had. We might have seen an atomic weapon dropped on New York. But that is another story...

 

[ahanswurst]

The Fairey Swordfish was the aircraft that dropped the torpedo that jammed the rudder on the Bismark making it a sitting duck. My hat is off to the Fairey Swordfish

 

[ahanswurst]

The USA had some klinkers also The P-39's preformance was so bad that thy were shipped to Russia under the lend lease act. True it had a 37mm canon but the airplane was underpowered and the landing gear was hard getting used to and more then a few airplanes crashed or ground looped because of the gear.

 

[cheddar cheese]

The Fairey Swordfish was the aircraft that dropped the torpedo that jammed the rudder on the Bismark making it a sitting duck

brilliant 8)

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Drink Beer Straight From A Bottle?! BRILLIANT!

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

oh, and that nuke would have been dropped by the Ho XVIII (18 for simpletons), a long range flying wing bomber powered by six turbojets and no, i did NOT learn that from www.luft46.com (although the info is there), i got it from the History Channel's Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft Of World War II

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i thought it was gonna be dropped by a He-177?

 

[cheddar cheese]

it turns out the he-177 waslike the manchester, lanc 8) - external combustion engines 8)

 

[corpcasselbury]

it turns out the he-177 waslike the manchester, lanc 8) - external combustion engines 8)

That was because each of the He 177's two propellors was turned by two engines. There was insufficient space between the paired engines, so heat built up and eventually a fire broke out. Losses were heavy, even when no one was actually shooting at them.

 

[kiwimac]

Prefer the FW 200 Kondor meself.

Kiwimac

 

[bronzewhaler82]

Ah but the Condor wasn't strictly a bomber was it?

 

[cheddar cheese]

That was because each of the He 177's two propellors was turned by two engines. There was insufficient space between the paired engines, so heat built up and eventually a fire broke out. Losses were heavy, even when no one was actually shooting at them.

yup, and apparently the 177 was so bad hitler prevented them from making the 277. they went ahead anyway though saying it was just an experimental version of the 177 8)

 

[bronzewhaler82]

Hey! I thought we were going to get a picture of an IL2!

Not that Evil Nazi He177 thing

 

[ahanswurst]

The Me-163 Komet shot down more the 10 aircraft during it's place in history . The technology used to make the Komet fly is amazing. The USAF flight Museum at Dayton Ohio has the motor of a 163 on display and the German engineering has to bee seen to be believed

 

[cheddar cheese]

Hey! I thought we were going to get a picture of an IL2!

nah, 177

 

[bronzewhaler82]

Well, i know which one i prefer

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i think the HE-177 looked better than the IL-2 anyway.................

 

[kiwimac]

As did the P-108!

Kiwimac

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i wouldn't go that far..................................